DOCKET

agenda, docket, schedule

(noun) a temporally organized plan for matters to be attended to

docket

(noun) (law) the calendar of a court; the list of cases to be tried or a summary of the court’s activities

docket

(verb) make a summary or abstract of a legal document and inscribe it in a list

docket

(verb) place on the docket for legal action; “Only 5 of the 120 cases docketed were tried”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

docket (plural dockets)

(obsolete) A summary; a brief digest.

(legal) A short entry of the proceedings of a court; the register containing them; the office containing the register.

(legal) A schedule of cases awaiting action in a court.

An agenda of things to be done.

A ticket or label fixed to something, showing its contents or directions to its use.

(Australia) A receipt.

Verb

docket (third-person singular simple present dockets, present participle docketing, simple past and past participle docketed)

(transitive) To enter or inscribe in a docket, or list of causes for trial.

(transitive) To label a parcel, etc.

(transitive) 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.

(transitive) To make a brief abstract of and inscribe in a book.

Anagrams

• tocked

Source: Wiktionary

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Dock"et, n. Etym: [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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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