moot
11Moot — Moot, v. i. To argue or plead in a supposed case. [1913 Webster] There is a difference between mooting and pleading; between fencing and fighting. B. Jonson. [1913 Webster] …
12moot — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ subject to debate or uncertainty: a moot point. ► VERB ▪ put forward for discussion. ► NOUN 1) (in Anglo Saxon and medieval England) a legislative or judicial assembly. 2) Law a mock trial set up to examine a hypothetical case as an …
13moot — [adj] doubtful, arguable at issue, contestable, controversial, debatable, disputable, dubious, open, open to debate, problematic, questionable, suspect, uncertain, undecided, unresolved, unsettled; concept 535 Ant. decided, definite, proven,… …
14moot — [mo͞ot] n. [ME mote < OE mot, gemot, a meeting & prob. ON mot < Gmc base * mot > Goth gamotjan, to meet] 1. an early English assembly of freemen to administer justice, decide community problems, etc. 2. a discussion or argument, esp. of… …
15moot — {{11}}moot (adj.) debatable; not worth considering from moot case, earlier simply MOOT (Cf. moot) (n.) discussion of a hypothetical law case (1530s), in law student jargon. The reference is to students gathering to test their skills in mock cases …
16moot — A subject for argument; unsettled; undecided. A moot point is one not settled by judicial decisions @ moot case A case is moot when a determination is sought on a matter which, when rendered, cannot have any practical effect on the existing… …
17moot — A subject for argument; unsettled; undecided. A moot point is one not settled by judicial decisions @ moot case A case is moot when a determination is sought on a matter which, when rendered, cannot have any practical effect on the existing… …
18moot — This word when used as an adjective means (1) subject to debate, arguable, unresolved; and (2) of only slight importance or significance: This is a moot question. Whether the player is black or white is a moot consideration. That is, a moot… …
19moot — moot1 [mu:t] adj [Date: 1500 1600; Origin: moot law court, discussion (11 21 centuries), from Old English mot] 1.) a moot point/question something that has not yet been decided or agreed, and about which people have different opinions ▪ Whether… …
20moot — folk·moot; hall·moot; moot·able; moot; moot·man; moot·ness; …
