mootnessn.
/ˈmuːtnəs/, U.S. /ˈmutnəs/ The condition of being moot; (U.S. Law) the fact of having no practical significance or relevance.
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mootness1927
1927 Federal Reporter 2nd Ser. 18 304/2 The question of mootness is not discussed in the briefs of counsel for the government.
1940 Harvard Law Rev. 53 629 The question of ‘mootness’ seems rather to be regarded as one of convenience and discretion.
1951 R. F. Wolfson & P. B. Kurland Robertson & Kirkham's Jurisdict. Supreme Court of U.S. xxxvi. 505 The Court may request counsel to discuss an issue as to mootness.
1960 U.S. Rep. (Supreme Court) 362 577 If..George Parker's five-year quest for justice must end ignominiously in the limbo of mootness, surely something is badly askew in our system of criminal justice.
1974 Harvard Law Rev. 88 373 (heading) The mootness doctrine in the Supreme Court.
1994 Q Aug. 50/3 Whether that's enough to justify the invasion..of one of the world's holier places is a point of the most tricky mootness.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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n.1927- for want of a better name
- for want of prosecution
- for what
- for what etc care
- for what etc know
- for what i care
- for what i know
- for what it's worth
- for what you care
- for what you know
- for whon
- for whon that
- for why
- for why that
- for wilnesful
- for wood
- for world
- for worship
- for wreak of
- for year and year
- for year into year
- for yonks
- for yore
- for your behalf
- for your ears only