Vietnam or Thailand ? Vote for the TOP Country of the Week !
Updated: May 20, 2025
Whether it be an independent "spirit," as it claims to be; or the subconsciousness of the medium; or whether it is a sort of compound consciousness, made up of the collected minds of those forming the circle at the time; or whether some other interpretation is open to us this is all a moot question, which is referred to here, merely to draw attention to the fact of its existence.
Wherefore when they moot in the Forum with the man who has been distinguished in camps and triumphs, they humble him and cast him down; but if a man renounces all pretensions to civil distinction and withdraws, they maintain his military honours and power untouched by envy. Facts soon showed this.
Did He who thundered from Sinai's flames, "THOU SHALT NOT KILL," offer a bounty on murder? Whoever analyzes the Mosaic system, will find a moot court in session, trying law points settling definitions, or laying down rules of evidence, in almost every chapter.
It was a moot point between Dick and Grosvenor whether they should not take the bull by the horns, as it were, by riding up to the nearest blockhouse and attempting to get into communication with its occupants at once; but Grosvenor was very strongly opposed to any such step, upon the ground that, if they did so, they might be summarily turned back and ordered to quit the country forthwith, which, as Phil pointed out with some emphasis, would be an exceedingly tame and ignominious ending of their long and arduous journey.
The evidence of this witness came to a dramatic end in the shape of a question from the Coroner: "How long would it take, then, for any person to pass from Dr. Wellesley's house to the Mayor's Parlour in the Moot Hall?" "One minute," replied Walkershaw promptly. "If anything less."
"Nay, I desire to win them," answered Elizabeth. "I am right ready to submit to all which it were good for me to submit to." "Come, well said!" replied the Bailiff; and he tied the cord round her hands, and led her away to the Moot Hall.
Hathelswide's Church, where the Vicar, as Mayor's Chaplain, would deliver a funeral oration. The procession would return subsequently to the Moot Hall, for wine and cake." Brent rubbed his square chin, staring hard at his visitor. "Um!" he said at last. "Well, there isn't going to be anything of that sort to-morrow.
"It would be just about a quarter to eight, sir." "Are you quite sure about that?" "Quite sure, sir!" "Did anything fix the time on your mind?" "Yes, sir at least, I heard the clocks strike the quarter just after. The Moot Hall clock, sir, and the parish church." "You're sure it was a quarter to eight o'clock that you heard?" "Yes, sir, quite sure." "Why are you quite sure?"
The Great Hall of the Castle, in which John Baliol did homage to Edward I. for the crown of Scotland, stood on the spot now covered by the Moot Hall. The Black Gate, the lower part of which is the oldest part of the building, which has many times been altered and repaired, is now used as a museum.
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. On one occasion, Cumming was replying to the argument of a competitor, and was so caustic as to be offensive. This was resented by insulting words. Turning to the gentleman, and without speaking, Cumming knocked him down.
Word Of The Day
Others Looking