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moot (adjective, verb, noun) –
adjective
1a : open to question
b : subjected to discussion
2 : deprived of practical significance : made abstract or purely academic
verb
1a : to bring up for discussion
b : debate
2 archaic : to discuss from a legal standpoint
noun
1 : a deliberative assembly primarily for the administration of justice especially : one held by the freemen of an Anglo-Saxon community
2 obsolete : argument, discussion
Source : Merriam -Webster
Etymology : Moot derives from gemot, an Old English name for a judicial court. Originally, moot named either the court itself or an argument that might be debated by one. By the 16th century, the legal role of judicial moots had diminished, and the only remnant of them were moot courts, academic mock courts in which law students could try hypothetical cases for practice. Back then, moot was used as a synonym of debatable, but because the cases students tried in moot courts were simply academic exercises, the word gained the second sense, “deprived of practical significance.” Some commentators still frown on using moot to mean “purely academic,” but most editors now accept both senses as standard.
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