Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.
Moot
adj. 1. Archaic. Open to argument; debatable. 2. Having no practical significance; hypothetical or academic <the question on appeal became moot once the parties settled their case>. - mootness, n.
hallmoot
n. Hist. 1. A court baron; esp., a court held to settle differences between feudal tenants. ( Wealthy abbeys commonly held hallmoot courts for lesser tenants, and a central court (the libera curia) for greater freehold tenants. 2. A convention of citizens in their public hall. - Also spelled hallmote; halle-gemot; haligemot; (in sense 2 only) folkmote. See COURT BARON.
moot court
1. A fictitious court held usu. in law schools to argue moot or hypothetical cases, esp. at the appellate level. 2. A practice session for an appellate argument in which a lawyer presents the argument to other lawyers, who first act as judges by asking questions and who later provide criticism on the argument. -Also termed practice court. Cf. MOCK TRIAL.
moot man
Hist. A person who argued cases in the Inns of Court.
mootness doctrine
The principle that American courts will not decide moot cases - that is, cases in which there is no longer any actual controversy. Cf. RIPENESS. mop. See STATUTE FAIR.