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Moot court is a co-curricular activity at many law schools. Participants take part in simulated court or arbitration proceedings, usually involving drafting memorials or memoranda and participating in oral argument. In many countries, the phrase "moot court" may be shortened to simply "moot" or "mooting".
The terms moot, mootness and moot point are used both in English and in American law, although with significantly different meanings. [1] In the legal system of the United States, 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. Thereby the matter has ...
Moot may refer to: Mootness , in American law: a point where further proceedings have lost practical significance; whereas in British law: the issue remains debatable Moot court , an activity in many law schools where participants take part in simulated court proceedings
Finally, the phrase "moot court" is commonly used and understood in U.S. (as well as British) legal jargon. The verb form "to moot an idea", while correct in U.S. English, is quite uncommon. While the word "mootness" does occur (e.g.) in Arizonans for Official English et al. v. Arizona et al. (520 U.S. 43 (1997)) (how ironic) written by Supreme ...
Rebuttal:Here are some examples contrary to your position: 1. Use of the term "Moot Court" to refer to a national level high school competition. (albeit appellate) 2. Use of the term "Moot Court" to refer to a Law School level trial advocacy competition. And here. And here. And possibly also here. 3.
The motte-and-bailey fallacy (named after the motte-and-bailey castle) is a form of argument and an informal fallacy where an arguer conflates two positions that share similarities: one modest and easy to defend (the "motte") and one much more controversial and harder to defend (the "bailey"). [1]
A moot hill or mons placiti (statute hill) [1] is a hill or mound historically used as an assembly or meeting place, as a moot hall is a meeting or assembly building, also traditionally to decide local issues.
A moot hall is a meeting or assembly building, traditionally to decide local issues. [ 1 ] In Anglo-Saxon England , a low ring-shaped earthwork served as a moot hill or moot mound, where the elders of the hundred would meet to take decisions.