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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].
[1913 Webster +PJC]