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Definition of Moot court
1. Noun. A mock court where law students argue hypothetical cases.
Definition of Moot court
1. Noun. (legal) In law school, an activity wherein students compete by making arguments with respect to a hypothetical case, or a case that has already been decided by an actual court. ¹
2. Noun. (legal) A law school organization which organizes such competitions and prepares competitors. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Moot Court
Literary usage of Moot court
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Course of Legal Study: Addressed to Students and the Profession Generally by David Hoffman (1836)
"Causes in the moot court may be argued on records of cases pending, or formerly
pending in any appellate court; but no cause then pending ought to be argued ..."
2. The Centennial History of the Harvard Law School, 1817-1917 by Harvard Law School Association (1886- ) (1918)
"Camb., 1846 B. moot court RECORDS Rules and Regulations of the court ... + 501
blank Cases Argued and Determined in the moot court of Harvard Law School ..."
3. History of the Harvard Law School and of Early Legal Conditions in America by Charles Warren (1908)
"The annual moot court jury case was one of more than ordinary interest.(1) Many
of the graduates of those days now write that they regard their moot court ..."
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