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docket

noun

  1. summary of law case
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verb

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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈdɒk.ɪt/ / /ˈdɑ.kɪt/ / /ˈdɔk.ɪt/

noun

Etymology: Uncertain; perhaps a diminutive of dock.

  1. A summary; a brief digest.
  2. A short entry of the proceedings of a court; the register containing them; the office containing the register.
  3. 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.

  4. An agenda of things to be done.
  5. A ticket or label fixed to something, showing its contents or directions to its use.
  6. A receipt.

verb

Etymology: Uncertain; perhaps a diminutive of dock.

  1. To enter or inscribe in a docket, or list of causes for trial.
  2. To label a parcel, etc.

    to docket goods

  3. 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

  4. To make a brief abstract of and inscribe in a book.

    judgments regularly docketed