docket Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun (law) the calendar of a court; the list of cases to be tried or a summary of the court's activities
  2. noun a temporally organized plan for matters to be attended to
    agenda; schedule.
  3. verb place on the docket for legal action
    • Only 5 of the 120 cases docketed were tried
  4. verb make a summary or abstract of a legal document and inscribe it in a list

WordNet

Dock"et noun
Etymology
Dock to cut off + dim. suffix -et.
Definitions
  1. A small piece of paper or parchment, containing the heads of a writing; a summary or digest.
  2. 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. Bailey.
  3. (Law) (a) 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. (b) (U. S.) A list or calendar of causes ready for hearing or trial, prepared for the use of courts by the clerks.
  4. A list or calendar of business matters to be acted on in any assembly.
Dock"et transitive verb
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Docketed; present participle & verbal noun Docketing
Definitions
  1. 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. Chesterfield.
  2. (Law) (a) To make a brief abstract of and inscribe in a book; as, judgments regularly docketed. (b) To enter or inscribe in a docket, or list of causes for trial.
  3. To mark with a ticket; as, to docket goods.

Webster 1913