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Moots

were debates which formerly took place in the halls and libraries of Inns of Court. The benchers and the barristers, as well as the students, took an active part in these moots. Sir Simonds DʹEwes, in his Diary (1625–1629), says:

“I had lived mooted in law French before I was called to the bar.”—Nineteenth Century, November, 1892, p. 775.

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Moon-drop
Moon-maker [Sagendë Nah]
Moon-rakers
Moon’s Men
Moonlight Flitting (A)
Moonstone
Moor-slayer or Mata-moros
Moors
Moore (Thomas)
Moot Point (A)
Moots
Mop
Mora-stone
Moral
Moralist
Moran’s Collar
Morasteen [great stone]
Morat
Moratorium
Moravians or Bohemian Brethren
Morbleu! (French)