Am I being thick or something ...
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Unless its this:
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
Moot \Moot\, n. [AS. m[=o]t, gem[=o]t, a meeting; -- usually in
comp.] [Written also mote.]
1. A meeting for discussion and deliberation; esp., a meeting
of the people of a village or district, in Anglo-Saxon
times, for the discussion and settlement of matters of
common interest; -- usually in composition; as, folk-moot.
--J. R. Green.
[1913 Webster]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
Moot \Moot\, n. [AS. m[=o]t, gem[=o]t, a meeting; -- usually in
comp.] [Written also mote.]
1. A meeting for discussion and deliberation; esp., a meeting
of the people of a village or district, in Anglo-Saxon
times, for the discussion and settlement of matters of
common interest; -- usually in composition; as, folk-moot.
--J. R. Green.
[1913 Webster]
thats pretty much it, we took it from JRRTolkien's Lord of the Rings Trilogy where its use to describe a meeting of tree people called Ent's an EntMoot most of us round here like trees a lot.. there aint much else to it!
Well that explains it, I have not read the Lord of the Ring in 18 years. (even though one of my colleagues took some convincing that it was more that just films 
)
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clcuckow said:Well that explains it, I have not read the Lord of the Ring in 18 years. (even though one of my colleagues took some convincing that it was more that just films
Probably my reputation (as far I've got one
) will diminish to next to none 
when I tell I fell asleep during ALL three films ... 
Concerning the word "Moot" - you've aswered your own question (thumbs up
) - It's just a bunch of people (in our case with the same interest) who come together 
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