docket

A docket is a list of court hearings that will be heard that day.

(noun)

An example of docket is what a judge reads to see who’s trial is next.

Docket is defined as the list of things that are scheduled for a day.

(noun)

An example of docket is the appointment list a secretary gives her boss at the beginning of the day.

The definition of docket is a list of contents.

(noun)

An example of docket is the packing list in a box.

To docket mean to label something’s contents.

(verb)

An example of docket is to put in an organizer to file someone’s papers in order.

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See docket in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

  1. a summary, as of a legal proceeding, or a list of legal decisions
  2. ☆ a list of cases to be tried by a law court
  3. any list or summary of things to be done; agenda
  4. a label listing the contents of a package, directions, etc.

Origin: earlier doggette, abstract, register < ? It doghetta, small heraldic bend

transitive verb

  1. ☆ to enter in a docket
  2. to put a docket, or label, on; ticket

See docket in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
  1. Law
    a. A calendar of the cases awaiting action in a court.
    b. A brief entry of the court proceedings in a legal case.
    c. The book containing such entries.
  2. A summary or other brief statement of the contents of a document; an abstract.
  3. A list of things to be done; an agenda.
  4. A label or ticket affixed to a package listing the contents or directions for assembling or operating.
transitive verb dock·et·ed, dock·et·ing, dock·ets
  1. Law To enter in a court calendar or in a record of court proceedings.
  2. To provide with a brief identifying statement.
  3. To label or ticket (a parcel).

Origin:

Origin: Middle English doggett, summary, digest

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