Moot

Moot may refer to:

  • from Moot as an Old English language (Anglo-Saxon) term for meeting
    • Folkmoot
    • Jamtamót, the old assembly of Jämtland
    • Witenagemot, the High Council of Anglo-Saxon England
    • Moot hall, a meeting or assembly building, traditionally to decide local issues
    • Moot hill, a hill or mound historically used as an assembly or meeting place
    • World Scout Moot, a gathering of older Scouts, mainly Rover Scouts, ages 18–26 from all over the world
    • Entmoot, a gathering of Ents in The Lord of the Rings
    • MoodleMoot, a gathering or conference relating to the Moodle Virtual Learning Environment
  • Mootness, in American law: a point in a case is said to be moot when it has been made irrelevant, and therefore does not need to be considered further
  • Moot court, an activity in many law schools where participants take part in simulated court proceedings
  • moot, the pseudonym for Christopher Poole, founder of the anonymous imageboard 4chan.org

Famous quotes containing the word moot:

    For I am shave as neigh as any frere.
    But yit I praye unto youre curteisye:
    Beeth hevy again, or elles moot I die.
    Geoffrey Chaucer (1340?–1400)

    It is moot whether there be divinities
    As I finish this play by Webster:
    The street-cars are still running however
    And the katharsis fades in the warm water of a yawn.
    Allen Tate (1899–1979)