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moot

1  [moot]
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–adjective
1. open to discussion or debate; debatable; doubtful: a moot point.
2. of little or no practical value or meaning; purely academic.
3. Chiefly Law. not actual; theoretical; hypothetical.
–verb (used with object)
4. to present or introduce (any point, subject, project, etc.) for discussion.
5. to reduce or remove the practical significance of; make purely theoretical or academic.
6. Archaic. to argue (a case), esp. in a mock court.
–noun
7. an assembly of the people in early England exercising political, administrative, and judicial powers.
8. an argument or discussion, esp. of a hypothetical legal case.
9. Obsolete. a debate, argument, or discussion.
Origin:
bef. 900; ME mot(e) meeting, assembly, OE gemōt; c. ON mōt, D gemoet meeting. See meet 1

Related forms:
mooter, noun
mootness, noun

Synonyms:
1. disputable, disputed, unsettled. 4. debate, dispute, discuss.

Antonyms:
1. indisputable. 4. agree.
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Word Origin & History

moot 
1154, from O.E. gemot "meeting" (especially of freemen, to discuss community affairs or mete justice), from P.Gmc. *ga-motan (cf. O.L.F. muot "encounter," M.Du. moet, M.H.G. muoz), from collective prefix *ga- + *motan (see meet (v.)). The adj. senses of "debatable" and "not worth considering" arose from moot case, earlier simply moot (n.) "discussion of a hypothetical law case" (1531), in law student jargon, in ref. to students gathering to test their skills in mock cases.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Legal Dictionary

Main Entry: moot
Function: adjective
Etymology: (of a trial or hearing) hypothetical, staged for practice, from moot hypothetical case for law students, argument, deliberative assembly, from Old English mOt assembly, meeting
: deprived of practical significance : made abstract or purely academic moot when the defendant paid the sum at issue> —see also MOOTNESS DOCTRINE —compare JUSTICIABLE, RIPE —moot·ness /'müt-n&s/ noun
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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