moot court
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of moot court
First recorded in 1780–90
Example Sentences
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It’s not as though he were testing some novel theory in moot court, or practicing “creative” lawyering, as he claimed in a self-pitying podcast interview.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 30, 2024
I vividly recall when I first met him, in a moot court session fittingly enough, back before I joined the SG’s office.
From Slate ● Feb. 16, 2022
Barrett also disclosed that she participated in a moot court mimicking California v.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 13, 2020
The institute, which has a widely admired moot court program that lets lawyers test-drive their arguments before appearing in front of the justices, has a new menu of options.
From New York Times ● May 3, 2020
A moot court was a part of the system of instruction, in which questions of law, propounded by one of the professors, were argued by students appointed for the purpose.
From The Memories of Fifty Years Containing Brief Biographical Notices of Distinguished Americans, and Anecdotes of Remarkable Men; Interspersed with Scenes and Incidents Occurring during a Long Life of Observation Chiefly Spent in the Southwest by Sparks, William Henry
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