Moot

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Template:Disambig Template:Wiktionary Template:Wiktionary The word moot has multiple meanings.

• In Anglo-Saxon England, a moot' was a meeting or meeting place (a moot mound or later a moot hall), typically invoked to decide local issues.
  • The sense of "debate" persists in the legal term "moot court".
  • The sense of a "gathering" is retained in Scouting: a World Scout Moot a gathering of Rover Scouts.
• In the Law of the United States, there is a legal concept of Mootness or "not actionable".
• Moot (game) is an etymology board game.
• Moot, owner and administrator of the 4chan imageboard.

Note that the adjective "moot" may be used with different meanings. The original meaning of the word is "debatable, arguable, disputable." In the U.S., the legal concept of mootness (see above) has brought about a shift in meaning, due to which "moot" oftenest means "of no practical importance, irrelevant" in modern American usage (that point is moot). The original sense continues in British usage.

See also

• List of words having different meanings in British and American English