Moot

Not subject to a court ruling because the controversy has not actually arisen, or has ended.

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Duhaime Legal Dictionary

Also called a "moot point": a side issue, problem or question which does not have to be decided to resolve the main issues in a dispute.

Law.com Dictionary

1) unsettled, open to argument or debatable, specifically about a legal question which has not been determined by any decision of any court.

2) an issue only of academic interest.

Lect Law Library

A term used in the inns of court, signifying the exercise of arguing imaginary cases, which young barristers and students used to perform at certain times, the better to be enabled by this practice to defend their clients cases. A moot question is one which has not been decided.

The Free (Legal) Dictionary

An issue presenting no real controversy.

Moot refers to a subject for academic argument. It is an abstract question that does not arise from existing facts or rights.