Docket word meaning and definition

[noun] a temporally organized plan for matters to be attended to
[noun] (law) the calendar of a court; the list of cases to be tried or a summary of the court's activities
[verb] in law: make a summary or abstract of a legal document and inscribe it in a list
[verb] in law: place on the docket for legal action; "Only 5 of the 120 cases docketed were tried"

\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.]
\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.

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