Found 2 items, similar to docket.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: docket
docket
n 1: (law) the calendar of a court; the list of cases to be tried
or a summary of the court's activities
2: a temporally organized plan for matters to be attended to
[syn:
agenda,
schedule]
v 1: place on the docket for legal action;
“Only 5 of the 120
cases docketed were tried”
2: make a summary or abstract of a legal document and inscribe
it in a list
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Docket
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.
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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.
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3. To mark with a ticket; as, to docket goods.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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4. A list or calendar of business matters to be acted on in
any assembly.
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On the docket, in hand; in the plan; under consideration;
in process of execution or performance. [Colloq.]
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