docket

[ dok-it ]

/ ˈdɒk ɪt /

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noun

Also called trial docket. a list of cases in court for trial, or the names of the parties who have cases pending.

Chiefly British.

an official memorandum or entry of proceedings in a legal cause.
a register of such entries.
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.

the list of business to be transacted by a board, council, legislative assembly, or the like.

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.

Law. to enter in the docket of the court.

Law. to make an abstract or summary of the heads of, as a document; abstract and enter in a book: judgments regularly docketed.

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

Nearby words

dock, dock-walloper, dockage, docken, docker, docket, dockhand, docking bridge, docking keel, docking station, dockland

Origin of docket

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

Related forms

re·dock·et, verb (used with object), re·dock·et·ed, re·dock·et·ing.un·dock·et·ed, adjective

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Examples from the Web for docket

Certainly it is the highest-profile line of cases in the docket.
Supreme Court to Gay-Marriage Foes: Get Lost|Jay Michaelson|October 6, 2014|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.
Ferguson Feeds Off the Poor: Three Warrants a Year Per Household|Michael Daly|August 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST
At the end of the week, Boehner suggested that immigration reform might not, after all, be on the docket this year.
When Conservatives Cry Wolf|Michael Tomasky|February 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Depressing everyone who was rooting for Corpse Bride 2 to be next on the director's docket.
Kanye West Proposes to Kim Kardashian, Charlie Hunnam Talks ’50 Shades’ Exit|Culture Team|October 22, 2013|DAILY BEAST

Not only is there nary a Palestinian on the docket for this conversation, but the entirety of Islam is ignored.
The Delusions Of Yair Lapid And AIPAC|Emily L. Hauser|February 27, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Then, three weeks later, if the docket permitted, he went on to Raleigh to hold court there for a few days.
John Marshall and the Constitution|Edward S. Corwin
Against Humphrey there are three indictments for felony on the docket, each for conspiring, etc., to commit personal violence.
Kentucky's Famous Feuds and Tragedies|Chas. G Mutzenberg
Although agrarian reform came first on the nation's docket, there were other reforms to help man improve his lot.
The Haciendas of Mexico|Paul Alexander Bartlett
And do you think, when I said that, that I was n't striking a docket of bankruptcy against my own heart forever?
Davenport Dunn, Volume 2 (of 2)|Charles James Lever
Most of the old long-standing grievances were still on the docket.
Railroads: Rates and Regulations|William Z. Ripley

British Dictionary definitions for docket

docket

/ (ˈdɒkɪt) /

noun

mainly British a piece of paper accompanying or referring to a package or other delivery, stating contents, delivery instructions, etc, sometimes serving as a receipt

law

an official summary of the proceedings in a court of justice
a register containing such a summary

British

a customs certificate declaring that duty has been paid
a certificate giving particulars of a shipment and allowing its holder to obtain a delivery order

a summary of contents, as in a document

US a list of things to be done

US law

a list of cases awaiting trial
the names of the parties to pending litigation

verb (tr)

to fix a docket to (a package, etc)

law

to make a summary of (a document, judgment, etc)
to abstract and enter in a book or register

to endorse (a document, etc) with a summary

Word Origin for docket

C15: of unknown origin

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docket

noun

verb (used with object), dock·et·ed, dock·et·ing.

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British Dictionary definitions for docket

docket

noun

verb (tr)

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