noun
- A hypothetical case that law students argue as an exercise.
- usage: "he organized the weekly moot"
verb
- Think about carefully; weigh.
- usage: "They considered the possibility of a strike"; "Turn the proposal over in your mind"
- synonyms: consider, debate, turn over, deliberate
adjective
- Of no legal significance (as having been previously decided. )
- Open to argument or debate.
- usage: "that is a moot question"
- synonyms: arguable, debatable, disputable
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