moot case

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. . 1998.

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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 — 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. The Essential Law Dictionary. Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. Amy Hackney… …   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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