moot case

moot case
n.
A case that seeks a decision on some issue that has no actual controversy or no practical application because the issue has already been resolved.

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  • Moot case — Moot Moot, n. [AS. m[=o]t, gem[=o]t, 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 …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • moot case — noun 1. A case for discussion 2. A case about which there may be difference of opinion • • • Main Entry: ↑moot …   Useful english dictionary

  • moot case — A case involving only abstract questions; a case without relevancy to any controversy between the parties. Reserve Life Ins. Co. v Frankfather, 123 Colo 77, 225 P2d 1035, 39 ALR2d 146. See moot question …   Ballentine's law dictionary

  • moot case — hypothetical case, fictitious legal case used as practice for law students …   English contemporary dictionary

  • moot — 1 / müt/ vt: to make moot statute of limitations would moot the effort S. R. Sontag moot 2 adj [(of a trial or hearing) hypothetical, staged for practice, from moot hypothetical case for law students, argument, deliberative assembly, from Old… …   Law dictionary

  • Moot — Moot, n. [AS. m[=o]t, gem[=o]t, 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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Moot court — Moot Moot, n. [AS. m[=o]t, gem[=o]t, 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 …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Moot point — Moot Moot, n. [AS. m[=o]t, gem[=o]t, 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 …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • moot — A subject for argument; unsettled; undecided. A moot point is one not settled by judicial decisions @ moot case A case is moot when a determination is sought on a matter which, when rendered, cannot have any practical effect on the existing… …   Black's law dictionary

  • moot — A subject for argument; unsettled; undecided. A moot point is one not settled by judicial decisions @ moot case A case is moot when a determination is sought on a matter which, when rendered, cannot have any practical effect on the existing… …   Black's law dictionary

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