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.)
Docket
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
docken
v.
dock, bring a boat to a dock; connect a laptop computer to an anchoring station which supplies electricity and input-output resources
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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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