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docket
v. write in the court docket; make a list of the contents (of a package, letter, etc.)
 
n. list of cases to be tried in court; agenda of a business meeting; list of contents (of a package, letter, etc.)


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Docket
The word docket can mean:A brief summary of a document, also called an abstract.A listing of items that an organization plans on discussing, also called an agenda.Main article: Docket (court). The official schedule of proceedings in lawsuits pending in a court of law. The term originally referred to the large folio books in which clerks recorded all filings and court proceedings for each case. Rules of civil procedure often state that the court clerk shall record specific bits of information "on the docket" when a specific event occurs. Today, in most industrialized countries, such records have been computerized. The term is also sometimes used informally to refer to a court calendar or caseload as a whole.An invoice or order, often written in duplicate.A small electric entrance key.In Australian English, a generic term for any kind of shopping receipt or voucher.
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docket
Noun
1. (law) the calendar of a court; the list of cases to be tried or a summary of the court's activities
(hypernym) calendar
(classification) law, jurisprudence
2. a temporally organized plan for matters to be attended to
(synonym) agenda, schedule
(hypernym) plan, program, programme
(hyponym) menu, fare
Verb
1. place on the docket for legal action; "Only 5 of the 120 cases docketed were tried"
(hypernym) put, set, place, pose, position, lay
(classification) law, jurisprudence
2. make a summary or abstract of a legal document and inscribe it in a list
(hypernym) sum up, summarize, summarise, resume
(classification) law, jurisprudence


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docken
v. dock, bring a boat to a dock; connect a laptop computer to an anchoring station which supplies electricity and input-output resources

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)Download this dictionary
Docket
(v. t.)
To mark with a ticket; as, to docket goods.
  
 
(v. t.)
To make a brief abstract of and inscribe in a book; as, judgments regularly docketed.
  
 
(v. t.)
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.
  
 
(v. t.)
To enter or inscribe in a docket, or list of causes for trial.
  
 
(n.)
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.
  
 
(n.)
A small piece of paper or parchment, containing the heads of a writing; a summary or digest.
  
 
(n.)
A list or calendar of causes ready for hearing or trial, prepared for the use of courts by the clerks.
  
 
(n.)
A list or calendar of business matters to be acted on in any assembly.
  
 
(n.)
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.
  

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