docket Hear it!

docket definition - legal

n

v

  1. A courtÂ’s official record, in summary form, of the hearings held, partiesÂ’ appearances, and papers filed in a proceeding; a courtÂ’s calendar of the dates on which hearings are to be held or papers filed.
  2. To enter a case, hearing, or filed paper in such a record or calendar.

Webster's New World Law Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Hoboken, New Jersey.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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