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 Moot, n.  [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.
 2.  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 moot2; to moot3.

 moot court
      n : a mock court where law students argue hypothetical cases