docket
noun
- summary of law case
verb
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Pronunciation: /ˈdɒk.ɪt/ / /ˈdɑ.kɪt/ / /ˈdɔk.ɪt/
noun
Etymology: Uncertain; perhaps a diminutive of dock.
- A summary; a brief digest.
- A short entry of the proceedings of a court; the register containing them; the office containing the register.
- A schedule of cases awaiting action in a court.
“And I think it’s probably fair to say that all of the more recent cases that are on the interim/emergency/whatever-we-want-to-call-it-these-days dockets, so they’re still in progress.”
- An agenda of things to be done.
- A ticket or label fixed to something, showing its contents or directions to its use.
- A receipt.
verb
Etymology: Uncertain; perhaps a diminutive of dock.
- To enter or inscribe in a docket, or list of causes for trial.
- To label a parcel, etc.
“to docket goods”
- To make a brief abstract of (a writing) and endorse it on the back of the paper, or to endorse the title or contents on the back of; to summarize.
“to docket letters and papers”
“Whatever letters and papers you keep , docket and tie them up in their respective classes , so that you may instantly have recourse to any one”
- To make a brief abstract of and inscribe in a book.
“judgments regularly docketed”