docket

[ dok-it ]

noun

1. Also called trial docket. a list of cases in court for trial, or the names of the parties who have cases pending.
2. Chiefly British.
   1. an official memorandum or entry of proceedings in a legal cause.
   2. a register of such entries.
   3. any of various certificates or warrants giving the holder right to obtain, buy, or move goods that are controlled by the government, as a custom-house docket certifying duty has been paid.
3. the list of business to be transacted by a board, council, legislative assembly, or the like.
4. British. a writing on a letter or document stating its contents; any statement of particulars attached to a package, envelope, etc.; a label or ticket.

verb (used with object)

, dock·et·ed, dock·et·ing.

1. Law. to enter in the docket of the court.
2. Law. to make an abstract or summary of the heads of, as a document; abstract and enter in a book:

   judgments regularly docketed.

3. to endorse (a letter, document, etc.) with a memorandum.

docket

/ ˈdɒkɪt /

noun

1. a piece of paper accompanying or referring to a package or other delivery, stating contents, delivery instructions, etc, sometimes serving as a receipt
2. law
   1. an official summary of the proceedings in a court of justice
   2. a register containing such a summary
3. 1. a customs certificate declaring that duty has been paid
   2. a certificate giving particulars of a shipment and allowing its holder to obtain a delivery order
4. a summary of contents, as in a document
5. a list of things to be done
6. law
   1. a list of cases awaiting trial
   2. the names of the parties to pending litigation

verb

1. to fix a docket to (a package, etc)
2. law
   1. to make a summary of (a document, judgment, etc)
   2. to abstract and enter in a book or register
3. to endorse (a document, etc) with a summary

Other Words From

• re·dock·et verb (used with object) redocketed redocketing
• un·dock·et·ed adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of docket¹

First recorded in 1475–85; earlier dogget, of obscure origin

Word History and Origins

Origin of docket¹

C15: of unknown origin

Example Sentences

“A small number of preexisting cases may have remained on dockets after March 25, but we have not filed any new suits or actions since then and are not currently doing so,” Hartwick said.

From Washington Post

Backers of the bill, who are pressing for a House vote in coming days, envision a streamlined, user-friendly system that would allow citizens to search for court documents and dockets without having to pay.

From Washington Post

All that is to say that there was so much on the docket to talk about last week.

From TechCrunch

That means nobody can do anything until Council President Georgette Gómez puts the franchise fee bid on the docket.

From Voice of San Diego

For years, so many defendants sued by Methodist came to court that their cases consumed almost all of a courtroom’s docket on Wednesday mornings, when a judge would hear nothing but Methodist’s cases.

From ProPublica

For her part, Justice Ginsburg appears to be in for the long docket haul, no matter what they say.

From The Daily Beast

Certainly it is the highest-profile line of cases in the docket.

From The Daily Beast

Whatever else may have been on the viewing docket, this is more worthwhile.

From The Daily Beast

The report cites a court employee as saying the docket for a typical three-hour court session has up to 1,500 cases.

From The Daily Beast

Movie producers think so; the 1975 production docket is packed with laugh-it-up scripts.

From The Daily Beast

The Supreme Court is a full year behind its docket, and the delay will inevitably multiply your few 'croakers' by many thousands.

From Project Gutenberg

When the numerical index is adopted, an alphabetical index card with cross-references, including the docket index, is used.

From Project Gutenberg

Again he began whetting his forefinger on the leather back of the closed docket book.

From Project Gutenberg

It was three months after this before the case of Tom Muldoon came upon the docket.

From Project Gutenberg

Finally on February 4, 1817, on motion of counsel for the Granville heirs, the case was stricken from the docket.

From Project Gutenberg