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A '''moot case''' or a moot point is one not subject to a [[judicial determination]] because it involves an abstract question or a pretended [[controversy]] that has not yet actually arisen or has already passed. Mootness usually refers to a court's refusal to consider a [[case]] because the issue involved has been resolved prior to the court's decision, leaving nothing that would be affected by the court's [[decision]]. | A '''moot case''' or a moot point is one not subject to a [[judicial determination]] because it involves an abstract question or a pretended [[controversy]] that has not yet actually arisen or has already passed. Mootness usually refers to a court's refusal to consider a [[case]] because the issue involved has been resolved prior to the court's decision, leaving nothing that would be affected by the court's [[decision]]. | ||
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A moot case or a moot point is one not subject to a judicial determination because it involves an abstract question or a pretended controversy that has not yet actually arisen or has already passed. Mootness usually refers to a court's refusal to consider a case because the issue involved has been resolved prior to the court's decision, leaving nothing that would be affected by the court's decision.
