Docket /(?)/

Dock·et

Docket

n.
  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.
  3. 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. (Law) [U. S.]
  4. A list or calendar of business matters to be acted on in any assembly.

Phrases & Compounds

On the docket
in hand; in the plan; under consideration; in process of execution or performance.

Docket

v. t.

imp. & p. p. Docketed; p. pr. & vb. n. Docketing

  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.
  2. To make a brief abstract of and inscribe in a book; as, judgments regularly docketed. (Law)
  3. To mark with a ticket; as, to docket goods.