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DOCKETING
Verb
docketing
present participle of docket
Noun
docketing (plural docketings)
The act by which something is docketed.
Source: Wiktionary
DOCKET
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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