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Encyclopedia > Moot
Look up moot, moot point in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

Moot may refer to: Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Wiktionary (a portmanteau of wiki and dictionary) is a multilingual, Web-based project to create a free content dictionary, available in over 150 languages. ...

  • from Moot as an Old English language (Anglo-Saxon) term for meeting:
    • Jamtamót, the old assembly of Jämtland
    • Witenagemot, the High Council of Anglo-Saxon England
    • Moot hall or Moot hill, a meeting or assembly place, traditionally to decide local issues
    • World Scout Moot, a gathering of older Scouts, mainly Rover Scouts, ages 18-26 from all over the world
    • Oxonmoot, the annual gathering at Oxford of the UK-based Tolkien Society
    • Entmoot, a gathering of Ents in The Lord of the Rings
    • Moodle Moot, a gathering or conference relating to the Moodle Learning Management System
  • Moot court, an activity in many law schools where participants take part in simulated court proceedings
  • Mootness, in the law of the United States, a legal concept of "not actionable"; it is to this meaning that most U.S. usage of moot refers

. Jamtamót was the old assembly of Jämtland. ... Biblical pharaoh depicted as an Anglo-Saxon king with his witan (11th century) The Witenagemot (also called the Witan, more properly the title of its members) was a political institution in Anglo-Saxon England which operated between approximately the 7th century and 11th century. ... A moot hall is meeting or assembly building, traditionally to decide local issues. ... Scone (Modern Gaelic: Sgàin; Medieval: Scoine) (pronounced Scoon) is a town in Perth and Kinross, Scotland. ... The World Scout Moot is a gathering of Scouts (ages 18-26) from all over the world. ... Oxonmoot is a regular September gathering organised by the British Tolkien Society. ... In medicine, ENT represents the Ear, Nose, and Throat specialism, also known as otolaryngology. ... Moodle is a free software e-learning platform (also known as a Course Management System (CMS), or Learning Management Systems (LMS), or Virtual Learning Environment (VLE)). It has a significant user base with 25,281 registered sites with 10,405,167 users in 1,023,914 courses (as of May... Moot court is an extracurricular activity at many law schools in which participants take part in simulated court proceedings, usually to include drafting briefs and participating in oral argument. ... This article is about the law term moot. ...


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Encyclopedia: Mootness (1283 words)
In law, a matter is moot if further legal proceedings with regard to it can have no effect, or events have placed it beyond the reach of the law.
For instance, in some state courts the prosecution can lodge an appeal after a defendant is acquitted: although the appeal court cannot set aside a not guilty verdict due to double jeopardy, it can issue a ruling as to whether a trial court's ruling on a particular issue during the trial was erroneous.
Because the student was slated to graduate within a few months at the time the decision was rendered, and there was no action the law school could take to prevent that, the Court determined that a decision on its part would have no effect on the student't rights.
Mootness (law) - definition of Mootness (law) in Encyclopedia (401 words)
The reason for this is that Article Three of the United States Constitution limits the jurisdiction of all federal courts to "cases and controversies".
Wade, challenging a Texas law forbidding abortion in most circumstances, the state argued that the case was moot because plaintiff Roe was no longer pregnant by the time the case was heard.
The U.S. state courts are not subject to the Article III limitations on their jurisdiction, and some state courts may render opinions in moot cases where the establishment of a legal precedent is desirable.
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