moot的意思|moot的解释-里氏词典

Moot \Moot\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Mooted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Mooting}.] [OE. moten, motien, AS. m[=o]tan to meet or
assemble for conversation, to discuss, dispute, fr. m[=o]t,
gem[=o]t, a meeting, an assembly; akin to Icel. m[=o]t, MHG.
muoz. Cf. {Meet} to come together.]
1. To argue for and against; to debate; to discuss; to
propose for discussion.

A problem which hardly has been mentioned, much less
mooted, in this country. --Sir W.
Hamilton.

2. Specifically: To discuss by way of exercise; to argue for
practice; to propound and discuss in a mock court.

First a case is appointed to be mooted by certain
young men, containing some doubtful controversy.
--Sir T.
Elyot.

3. To render inconsequential, as having no effect on the
practical outcome; to render academic; as, the ruling that
the law was invalid mooted the question of whether he
actually violated it.
[PJC]

Moot \Moot\, a.
1. Subject, or open, to argument or discussion; undecided;
debatable; mooted.

2. Of purely theoretical or academic interest; having no
practical consequence; as, the team won in spite of the
bad call, and whether the ruling was correct is a moot
question.
[PJC]

Moot \Moot\, v. i.
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. [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]

Mot \Mot\ (m[=o]t), v. [Sing. pres. ind. {Mot}, {Mote}, {Moot}
(m[=o]t), pl. {Mot}, {Mote}, {Moote}, pres. subj. {Mote};
imp. {Moste}.] [See {Must}, v.] [Obs.]
May; must; might.

He moot as well say one word as another --Chaucer.

The wordes mote be cousin to the deed. --Chaucer.

Men moot [i.e., one only] give silver to the poore
freres. --Chaucer.

{So mote it be}, so be it; amen; -- a phrase in some rituals,
as that of the Freemasons.

moot \moot\ (m[=o]t), v.
See 1st {Mot}. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

moot \moot\ (m[=oo]t), n. (Shipbuilding)
A ring for gauging wooden pins.

His appeal of the citation, which was still before the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, now becomes moot.
For marketing purposes, they didn't respond." The dumping worries became moot as commercial real-estate prices, with distress sales apparently looming, went into a free fall.
Secondary trading has dried up and proposed new issues are being met coolly amid rising interest rates and concern over the lack of convertibility. In YFY's case, the point is moot as the current share price makes conversion unattractive.
Whether it can sustain its early advantage in such a fast-changing economy remains a moot point, however. A glamorous TV advertising campaign is currently running ahead of the Moscow store openings.
The passive windfall of the Saudi contribution made any such decision moot: There wasn't any need to go out and stir up contributions."
They could face up to 45 years in prison and $750,000 in fines. In addition, Garcia is under investigation by the House ethics committee, although that probe will become moot once he quits.
In several other cases, subsequent takeover agreements have made the poison-pill question moot.
The justices ruled 6-3 that a controversy from Minnesota has become moot because the government no longer intends to enforce the ban.
Whether the market will get what it wants is a moot point.
The course of government review, along with the Banca Commerciale bid, could be moot if Bank of New York succeeds in Monday's proxy fight for Irving's board.
But few observers doubt that more was discussed in a meeting that effectively marked the resumption of bilateral talks. Whether international intervention can save South Africans from themselves is a moot point.
But by tying their recognition of 242 to "all other U.N. resolutions" and to the acceptance of Palestinian self-determination, the Israeli government argues, the Palestinians made resolution 242 moot.
Webb's lawyer, Lawrence Kopleman, said the 15 charges that Chambers cited in his opening address were moot because the board has changed its policy.
But after the commission denied him federal matching funds on the basis that he was not an active candidate, his campaign withdrew the request as moot.
U.S. District Judge Barron McCune ruled the case was moot because there is no longer a National Honor Society chapter at Marion Center Area High School.
The court said the company's appeal may be "essentially moot" and that the appeal record "is inadequate to address the real state of affairs that presently exist."
Mr. Cohen, the SoundView analyst, said the difference is moot because he expects IBM's sales force to offer discounts as steep as 30% on the new machines.
Attorneys for both sides argued that, despite the abortion, the case isn't moot.
A merger agreement would make that hearing moot and would compel the judge to lift a preliminary injunction halting the acquisition.
This point is related to the close attention Justice Thomas paid as a federal appeals judge to when a controversy is moot and when it's ripe for judicial resolution.
He also said he considered the contempt issue moot.
The thrifts' lawyers claim that the suits, numbering 700 to 1,000 in Texas alone, should be dismissed as moot because neither the S&Ls nor the extinct Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corp. has the money to pay judgments.
This is a moot point: many attribute the change to Texas billionaire Ross Perot's populist calls for balanced budgets and argue that the Clinton team misjudged the country's mood.
Now, the FOBs are focusing on next week's critical tests in Illinois, where Mr. Clinton's law school moot court opponent is helping organize the state, and Michigan, where a former roommate is doing likewise.
Audio/Video's Mr. Rose said the latter request was moot following Dixons' extension of its tender.
But that was made moot by the recommendation that the prison terms be concurrent, not consecutive.
Because of that earlier condition and Mr. Trump's refusal to satisfy it, the Resorts board had dismissed Mr. Griffin's previous bids as moot.
But the supporter, Rep. Chuck Douglas, R-N.H., said the matter was now moot.
Even though it is a moot point at this time, I continue to abide by the original directives of the Louisiana District.
That argument would be moot for Olympic if T. Timonty Ryan Jr., a former Labor Department attorney, is confirmed as thrift office director.

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