Definition of docket Docket

/dɑˈkʌt/ - [dakut] - dock•et

We found 24 definitions of docket from 5 different sources.

What does docket mean?

Noun Plural: dockets
docket - (law) the calendar of a court; the list of cases to be tried or a summary of the court's activities
		calendar a list or register of events (appointments or social events or court cases etc); "I have you on my calendar for next Monday"
		jurisprudence, law the branch of philosophy concerned with the law and the principles that lead courts to make the decisions they do
docket - a temporally organized plan for matters to be attended to
		agenda, schedule
		plan, programme, program scale drawing of a structure; "the plans for City Hall were on file"
Verb dockets, docketing, docketed
docket - make a summary or abstract of a legal document and inscribe it in a list
		summarise, summarize, sum up, resume be a summary of; "The abstract summarizes the main ideas in the paper"
		jurisprudence, law the branch of philosophy concerned with the law and the principles that lead courts to make the decisions they do

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docket (Noun)
A summary; a brief digest.
docket (Noun)
A short entry of the proceedings of a court; the register containing them; the office containing the register.
docket (Noun)
A schedule of cases awaiting action in a court.
docket (Noun)
An agenda of things to be done.
docket (Noun)
A ticket or label fixed to something, showing its contents or directions to its use.
docket (Verb)
To make an entry in a docket.
docket (Verb)
To label a parcel etc.
docket (Verb)
To make a brief abstract of a writing and endorse it on the back of the paper, or to endorse the title or contents on the back of; to summarize.
docket (Verb)
To make a brief abstract of and inscribe in a book.
docket (Verb)
To enter or inscribe in a docket, or list of causes for trial.

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

docket
dok′et, n. a summary of a larger writing: a bill or ticket affixed to anything: a label: a list or register of cases in court.—v.t. to make a summary of the heads of a writing: to enter in a book: to mark the contents of papers on the back:—pr.p. dock′eting; pa.p. dock′eted. [Dim. of dock, to curtail; sometimes docquet, as if French.]