MOOT
Moot, v. i.
Defn: To argue or plead in a supposed case. There is a difference between mooting and pleading; between fencing and fighting. B. Jonson.
MOOT
Moot, n. Etym: [AS. mot, gemot, 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. Etym: [From Moot, v.]
Defn: 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.
MOOT
Moot, a.
Defn: Subject, or open, to argument or discussion; undecided; debatable; mooted.
MOOTABLE
Moot"a*ble, a.
Defn: Capable of being mooted.