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Docket

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Noun

1. docket

(law) the calendar of a court; the list of cases to be tried or a summary of the court's activities

2. agenda, docket, schedule

a temporally organized plan for matters to be attended to

Verb

3. docket

place on the docket for legal action

Example Sentences:
'Only 5 of the 120 cases docketed were tried'

4. docket

make a summary or abstract of a legal document and inscribe it in a list

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Docket

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noun
1. mainly British
a piece of paper accompanying or referring to a package or other delivery, stating contents, delivery instructions, etc, sometimes serving as a receipt
2. law
a. 
an official summary of the proceedings in a court of justice
b. 
a register containing such a summary
3. British
a. 
a customs certificate declaring that duty has been paid
b. 
a certificate giving particulars of a shipment and allowing its holder to obtain a delivery order
4. 
a summary of contents, as in a document
5. US
a list of things to be done
6. US law
a. 
a list of cases awaiting trial
b. 
the names of the parties to pending litigation
verb (transitive)
7. 
to fix a docket to (a package, etc)
8. law
a. 
to make a summary of (a document, judgment, etc)
b. 
to abstract and enter in a book or register
9. 
to endorse (a document, etc) with a summary

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Docket

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noun
1. 
a summary, as of a legal proceeding, or a list of legal decisions
2.  US
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.
verb transitive
5.  US
to enter in a docket
6. 
to put a docket, or label, on; ticket

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Docket

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n.
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.
tr.v. 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).

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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