Adjective: moot moot
- (law) of no legal significance (as having been previously decided)
"The judge declared the point moot as it had already been settled in a previous case"
- Open to argument or debate
"that is a moot question";
- arguable, debatable, disputable
- (law) a hypothetical case that law students argue as an exercise
"he organized the weekly moot"
- Think about carefully; weigh
"They mooted the possibility of a strike";
- consider, debate, turn over, deliberate
Derived forms: moots, mooting, mooted
See also: beside the point, controversial, irrelevant
Type of: case, causa [archaic], cause, discuss, hash out, lawsuit, suit, talk over
Encyclopedia: Moot