'Moot point' definitions:
Definition of 'Moot point'
From: GCIDE
- 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 matters of common interest; -- usually in composition; as, folk-moot. --J. R. Green. [1913 Webster]
- 2. [From Moot, v.] A discussion or debate; especially, a discussion of fictitious causes by way of practice. [1913 Webster]
- The pleading used in courts and chancery called moots. --Sir T. Elyot. [1913 Webster]
- Moot case, a case or question to be mooted; a disputable case; an unsettled question. --Dryden.
- Moot court, a mock court, such as is held by students of law for practicing the conduct of law cases.
- Moot point, a point or question to be debated; a doubtful question.
- to make moot v. t. to render moot[2]; to moot[3]. [1913 Webster +PJC]
Synonyms of 'moot point'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- bone of contention,
- catechism,
- cross-interrogatory,
- cross-question,
- debating point,
- demand,
- feeler,
- inquiry,
- interrogation,
- interrogative,
- interrogatory,
- issue,
- leader,
- leading question,
- point at issue,
- point in question,
- problem,
- query,
- question,
- question at issue,
- question mark,
- quodlibet,
- topic,
- trial balloon,
- vexed question