3 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Docket \Dock"et\, n. [Dock to cut off + dim. suffix -et.]
1. A small piece of paper or parchment, containing the heads
of a writing; a summary or digest.
2. A bill tied to goods, containing some direction, as the
name of the owner, or the place to which they are to be
sent; a label. --Bailey.
3. (Law)
a An abridged entry of a judgment or proceeding in an
action or register or such entries; a book of
original, kept by clerks of courts, containing a
formal list of the names of parties, and minutes of
the proceedings, in each case in court.
b (U. S.) A list or calendar of causes ready for hearing
or trial, prepared for the use of courts by the
clerks.
4. A list or calendar of business matters to be acted on in
any assembly.
{On the docket}, in hand; in the plan under consideration;
in process of execution or performance. [Colloq.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Docket \Dock"et\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Docketed}; p. pr & vb
n. {Docketing}.]
1. To make a brief abstract of (a writing) and indorse it on
the back of the paper, or to indorse the title or contents
on the back of to summarize; as to docket letters and
papers. --Chesterfield.
2. (Law)
a To make a brief abstract of and inscribe in a book;
as judgments regularly docketed.
b To enter or inscribe in a docket, or list of causes
for trial.
3. To mark with a ticket; as to docket goods.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
docket
n 1: a list of matters to be taken up (as at a meeting) [syn: {agenda},
{agendum}, {order of business}]
2: a temporally organized plan for matters to be attended to
[syn: {agenda}, {schedule}]
v 1: in law: place on the docket for legal action "Only 5 of the
120 cases docketed were tried"
2: in law: make a summary or abstract of a legal document and
inscribe it in a list
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