What is "moot case"

Moot \Moot\, n. [AS. m[=o]t, gem[=o]t, a meeting; -- usually in comp.] [Written also mote.]

1. A meeting for discussion and deliberation; esp., a meeting of the people of a village or district, in Anglo-Saxon times, for the discussion and settlement of matters of common interest; -- usually in composition; as, folk-moot.
   --J. R. Green.

2. [From Moot, v.] A discussion or debate; especially, a discussion of fictitious causes by way of practice.

   The pleading used in courts and chancery called moots.
   --Sir T. Elyot.

   Moot case, a case or question to be mooted; a disputable case; an unsettled question.
   --Dryden.

   Moot court, a mock court, such as is held by students of law for practicing the conduct of law cases.

   Moot point, a point or question to be debated; a doubtful question.

   to make moot v. t. to render moot[2]; to moot[3].