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docket - What does it mean?

Definition of 'docket'

English

(wikipedia)

Noun

(en-noun)
  • (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.
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    Verb

    (en-verb)
  • To make an entry in a docket.
  • To label a parcel etc.
  • to docket goods
  • 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.
  • to docket letters and papers
    (Chesterfield)
  • To make a brief abstract of and inscribe in a book.
  • judgments regularly docketed
  • To enter or inscribe in a docket, or list of causes for trial.
  • (Webster 1913)