Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Pleading; disputing.
- noun The exercise of pleading a moot case.
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- verb Present participle of
moot . - noun The activity of taking part in a
moot court .
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Examples
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Perhaps it was originally written, _to bring Benedick into a mooting of affection_; to bring them not to any more _mootings_ of contention, but to a _mooting_ or conversation of love.
Notes to Shakespeare — Volume 01: Comedies Samuel Johnson 1746
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I sometimes coach moot court teams and participate as a judge in mooting teams.
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I sometimes coach moot court teams and participate as a judge in mooting teams.
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Chief Justice Rehnquist recognized the significance of this distinction twenty years ago when he urged the Court to abandon the mootness doctrine altogether in cases already under review when the "mooting" events occur.
JURIST - Paper Chase 2009
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And so a lot of thought and energy and print and pixels have gone into mooting alternative strategies, most famously the Break Through strategy of trying to make clean energy cheap rather than trying to make dirty energy expensive.
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Officials from the People's Bank of China have in recent weeks been mooting loosening the cap on the deposit rates that China's banks are allowed to offer.
China's Deposit Rates Tangle Andrew Peaple 2010
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By this I mean that The Law School Book introduces you to legal research, writing, exams, and mooting among other things.
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He provides similar practical advice on conducting research, mooting, and legal writing.
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Although a formal bid never materialized, some investors may recall wryly that Sir Philip was mooting an offer of
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Now he is once again mooting the idea of a tax on financial transactions.
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