Legal Definition and Related Resources of Moot
Meaning of Moot
That which is hypothetical; to bring up for discussion, raise for debate. A moot question is one that presents no actual controversy . Issues are said to be moot when they present or involve no actual controversy, interest or rights of parties or where the issues cease to exist . See Murphy v Hook, 322 N.E.2d 540, 24 IU.App.3d 1044. A case is moot when any judgment cannot have any practical legal effect upon a then existing legal controversy. It is moot when the determination is sought of abstract questions which do not rest on existing facts or rights or when there is no actual controversy existing.
Moot Alternative Definition
(from Saxon gemot, meeting together). In English law. A term used in the inns of court, signifying the exercise of arguing imaginary cases, which young barristers and students used to perform at certain times, the better to be enabled by this practice to defend their clients’ cases. Orig. Jur. 212. To. plead a mock cause. Also spellea “meet,” from Saxon motain, to meet; the sense of debate being from meeting, encountering. A moot question is one which has not been decided.
Moot Legal Definition
A case is moot when it doesn’t make any difference.
Synonyms of Moot
adjective
- abstract
- academic
- actionable
- arguable
- contentious
- contestable
- contested
- controversial
- controvertible
- debatable
- disputable
- disputatious
- disputed
- doubtful
- dubious
- hypothetical
- in dispute
- in issue
- in question
- open to discussion
- open to question
- problematical
- questionable
- questioned
- speculative
- subject to controversy
- suppositional
- theoretical
- uncertain
- undecided
- under discussion
- undetermined
- unsettled
- untried
- Associated Concepts: academic question
- moot appeal
- moot case
- moot controversy
- moot court
- moot question
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Moot in Law Enforcement
Main Entry: Law Enforcement in the Legal Dictionary. This section provides, in the context of Law Enforcement, a partial definition of moot.
Grammar
This term is a noun.
Etimology of Moot
(You may find moot at the world legal encyclopedia and the etimology of more terms).
assembly of freemen, mid-12c., from Old English gemot “meeting” (especially of freemen, to discuss community affairs or mete justice), “society, assembly, council,” from Proto-Germanic *ga-motan (compare Old Low Frankish muot “encounter,” Middle Dutch moet, Middle High German muoz), from collective prefix *ga- + *motan (see meet (verb)).
Grammar
This term is an adjetive.
Etimology of Moot
(You may find moot at the world legal encyclopedia and the etimology of more terms).
debatable; not worth considering from moot case, earlier simply moot; this term is also a noun. “discussion of a hypothetical law case” (1530s), in law student jargon. The reference is to students gathering to test their skills in mock cases.
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See Also
- Law Enforcement Officer
- Police
- Law Enforcement Agency
Further Reading
- moot in A Dictionary of Law Enforcement (Oxford University Press)
- moot in the Encyclopedia of Law Enforcement
- A Treatise on the Police of the Metropolis
Meaning of Moot in the U.S. Legal System
Definition of Moot published by the National Association for Court Management: A moot case or a moot point is one not subject to a judicial determination because it involves an abstract question or a pretended controversy that has not yet actually arisen or has already passed. Mootness usually refers to a court’s refusal to consider a case because the issue involved has been resolved prior to the court’s decision, leaving nothing that would be affected by the court’s decision.
Moot refers to an issue that remains unsettled, open to argument or debatable.
Moot refers to an issue that remains unsettled, open to argument or debatable.
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