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View synonyms for docket

docket

[ dok-it ]

noun

  1. Also called trial docket. a list of cases in court for trial, or the names of the parties who have cases pending.
  2. Chiefly British.
    1. an official memorandum or entry of proceedings in a legal cause.
    2. a register of such entries.
    3. any of various certificates or warrants giving the holder right to obtain, buy, or move goods that are controlled by the government, as a custom-house docket certifying duty has been paid.
  3. the list of business to be transacted by a board, council, legislative assembly, or the like.
  4. British. a writing on a letter or document stating its contents; any statement of particulars attached to a package, envelope, etc.; a label or ticket.


verb (used with object)

, dock·et·ed, dock·et·ing.
  1. Law. to enter in the docket of the court.
  2. Law. to make an abstract or summary of the heads of, as a document; abstract and enter in a book:

    judgments regularly docketed.

  3. to endorse (a letter, document, etc.) with a memorandum.

docket

/ ˈdɒkɪt /

noun

  1. 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
    1. an official summary of the proceedings in a court of justice
    2. a register containing such a summary
    1. a customs certificate declaring that duty has been paid
    2. a certificate giving particulars of a shipment and allowing its holder to obtain a delivery order
  3. a summary of contents, as in a document
  4. a list of things to be done
  5. law
    1. a list of cases awaiting trial
    2. the names of the parties to pending litigation
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. to fix a docket to (a package, etc)
  2. law
    1. to make a summary of (a document, judgment, etc)
    2. to abstract and enter in a book or register
  3. to endorse (a document, etc) with a summary
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other Words From

  • re·dock·et verb (used with object) redocketed redocketing
  • un·dock·et·ed adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of docket1

First recorded in 1475–85; earlier dogget, of obscure origin
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Word History and Origins

Origin of docket1

C15: of unknown origin
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Example Sentences

Next on the docket for the team is determining whether rice can be engineered to use C4 photosynthesis rather than C3.

The Texas Supreme Court ruled that a legislative subpoena can not be used to stall an execution, putting the death of Robert Roberson back on the docket.

From Salon

That docket is a list of people, with and without criminal convictions, who are not currently held in immigration detention.

Moreover, the people on the agency’s non-detained docket may have had pending immigration cases for years — for example, because they were ordered deported to a country that is not cooperating with the United States.

With a new year ahead, here's a look at some of the major cases on its docket.

From BBC

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