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
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
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