n. [ AS. mōt, gemōt, a meeting; -- usually in comp. ]
The pleading used in courts and chancery called moots. Sir T. Elyot. [ 1913 Webster ]
Moot case,
Moot court,
Moot point,
to make moot v. t.
a.
v. t.
A problem which hardly has been mentioned, much less mooted, in this country. Sir W. Hamilton. [ 1913 Webster ]
First a case is appointed to be mooted by certain young men, containing some doubtful controversy. Sir T. Elyot. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i. To argue or plead in a supposed case. [ 1913 Webster ]
There is a difference between mooting and pleading; between fencing and fighting. B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. See 1st Mot. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Shipbuilding) A ring for gauging wooden pins. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Capable of being mooted. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A disputer of a mooted case. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (O. Eng. Law) A hill of meeting or council; an elevated place in the open air where public assemblies or courts were held by the Saxons; -- called, in Scotland,