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Meaning of 'docket' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Docket [ n.]
- A small piece of paper or parchment, containing the heads of a writing; a summary or digest.
- 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.
- 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.
- A list or calendar of causes ready for hearing or trial, prepared for the use of courts by the clerks.
- A list or calendar of business matters to be acted on in any assembly.
2 . Docket [ 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.
- To make a brief abstract of and inscribe in a book; as, judgments regularly docketed.
- To enter or inscribe in a docket, or list of causes for trial.
- To mark with a ticket; as, to docket goods.

Meaning of 'docket' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . docket [ v]
Meaning (1):
- place on the docket for legal action
Example in sentence:
  • Only 5 of the 120 cases docketed were tried

Nearby Words:

docent docetae docetic docetism dochmiac dochmius docibility docible docibleness docile

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