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(mt), v.See 1st Mot. [Obs.] Chaucer. Moot (mt), n.(Shipbuilding) A ring for gauging wooden pins. Moot v. t.[imp. & p. p.Mooted (); p. pr. & vb. n.Mooting.] [OE. moten, motien, AS. mtan to meet or assemble for conversation, to discuss, dispute, fr. mt, gemt, a meeting, an assembly; akin to Icel. mt, 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. 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 n.[AS. mt, gemt, 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. Moot a.Subject, or open, to argument or discussion; undecided; debatable; mooted. スポンサード リンク
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