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Mute hill
See Moot hill
Reeve
Reeve [fr. gerefa, Sax.], a steward or bailiff. See DYKE-REEVE; FIELD-REEVE. A ministerial officer of high rank having local jurisdiction, the chief magistrate of a hundred, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1284. Reeve, means a...
mootness doctrine
mootness doctrine : a doctrine in judicial procedure: a court will not hear or decide a moot case unless
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controversy
brought in the federal court involve parties with standing to sue and questions that are ripe and not moot. con·tro·ver·sial [kÄ n-trə-vər-shəl, -vər-sē-əl] adj
inter alia
inter alia [Latin] : among other things [contends inter alia, that the claim is moot]
justiciable
no present right to the property but may in the future] see also political question at question compare moot jus·ti·cia·bil·i·ty [jə-sti-shə-bi-lə-tē, -shē-ə-] n
ripe
for judicial resolution because the injury is certain to occur and is not merely hypothetical or speculative compare moot 2 : ready and appropriate for disclosure because reasonably determined to be valid and not required to be
Mootman
One who argued moot cases in the inns of court
Bolting
[fr. bolt, Sax., a house], a private arguing of cases in the Inns of Court. now discontinued. See MOOT.
Judicial question
Judicial question, means a question that is proper for determination by the courts, as opposed to a moot question or one properly decided by the executive or legislative branch, Black's Law Dic-tionary, 7th Edn., p. 852.
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