mootness legal definition of mootness. mootness synonyms by the Free Online Law Dictionary.

An issue presenting no real controversy.

Moot refers to a subject for academic argument. It is an abstract question that does not arise from existing facts or rights.

Moot court is a cocurricular or extracurricular activity in law school where students have the opportunity to write briefs and present oral arguments on hypothetical cases.

moot adj. 1) unsettled, open to argument, or debatable, specifically about a legal question which has not been determined by any decision of any court. 2) an issue only of academic interest. (See: moot point, moot court)

moot adjective abstract, academic, actionable, contentious, contestable, contested, controversial, controvertible, debatable, disputable, disputatious, doubtful, dubious, hypothetical, in dispute, in issue, in question, open to discussion, open to question, questionable, questioned, speculative, subject to controversy, suppositional, theoretical, uncertain, under discussion, undetermined, unsettled, untried
Associated concepts: academic question, moot appeal, moot case, moot controversy, moot court, moot question

MOOT, English law. A term used in the inns of court, signifying the exercise of arguing imaginary cases, which young barristers and students used to perform at certain times, the better to be enabled by this practice to defend their clients cases. A moot question is one which has not been decided.

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The courts often decline to hear cases, citing threshold issues such as standing, mootness, or the political nature of the questions before them (Adler and George 1996; Fisher 2005; Genovese 1980; Howell 2003; Koh 1990).

Checking presidential detention power in the war on terror: what ... by Wheeler, Darren A. / Presidential Studies Quarterly

Over the past two decades, doctrine has "gone south" on many issues central to public interest work such as standing, mootness, civil rights, attorneys' fees, civil liberties, welfare, prison reform, consumer protection and capital defense.

Public interest litigation: insights from theory and practice by Cummings, Scott L.; Rhode, Deborah L. / Fordham Urban Law Journal

65) Marc Rohr, Fighting for the Rights of Others: The Troubled Law of Third-Party Standing and Mootness in the federal Courts, 35 U.

Why third-party standing in abortion suits deserves a closer look by Wallace, Stephen J. / Notre Dame Law Review

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