'Docket' definitions:
Definition of 'docket'
(from WordNet)
noun
(law) the calendar of a court; the list of cases to be tried or a summary of the court's activities
noun
verb
Place on the docket for legal action; "Only 5 of the 120 cases docketed were tried"
verb
Make a summary or abstract of a legal document and inscribe it in a list
Definition of 'Docket'
From: GCIDE
- Docket \Dock"et\, 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. --Chesterfield. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To mark with a ticket; as, to docket goods. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Docket'
From: GCIDE
- Docket \Dock"et\, n. [Dock to cut off + dim. suffix -et.]
- 1. A small piece of paper or parchment, containing the heads of a writing; a summary or digest. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 4. A list or calendar of business matters to be acted on in any assembly. [1913 Webster]
- On the docket, in hand; in the plan; under consideration; in process of execution or performance. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'docket'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- account book,
- address book,
- adversaria,
- agenda,
- aide-memoire,
- album,
- annotation,
- annual,
- appointment calendar,
- appointment schedule,
- balance,
- balance the books,
- batting order,
- beadroll,
- bill,
- bill of fare,
- billhead,
- blank,
- blankbook,
- blotter,
- blueprint,
- book,
- book stamp,
- bookplate,
- brand,
- broad arrow,
- budget,
- cachet,
- cadastre,
- calendar,
- capitalize,
- card,
- carry,
- carry over,
- carte du jour,
- carve,
- cashbook,
- cast up accounts,
- catalog,
- census,
- census report,
- chalk,
- chalk up,
- charge off,
- check,
- check in,
- checklist,
- checkroll,
- chirograph,
- chronicle,
- classified catalog,
- close out,
- close the books,
- colophon,
- commonplace book,
- counterfoil,
- countermark,
- court calendar,
- credit,
- cut,
- daybook,
- debit,
- desk calendar,
- diary,
- diptych,
- document,
- Domesday Book,
- dossier,
- dramatis personae,
- engagement book,
- engrave,
- enroll,
- enscroll,
- enter,
- entry,
- file,
- fill out,
- footnote,
- form,
- government mark,
- government stamp,
- grave,
- hallmark,
- head count,
- holograph,
- honor roll,
- impanel,
- imprint,
- incise,
- index,
- inscribe,
- insert,
- instrument,
- item,
- jot down,
- jotting,
- journal,
- journalize,
- jury list,
- jury panel,
- keep books,
- label,
- ledger,
- legal document,
- legal instrument,
- legal paper,
- letterhead,
- line up,
- lineup,
- list,
- list of agenda,
- log,
- logbook,
- logo,
- logotype,
- loose-leaf notebook,
- make a memorandum,
- make a note,
- make an entry,
- make out,
- marginal note,
- marginalia,
- mark down,
- masthead,
- matriculate,
- memo,
- memo book,
- memoir,
- memorandum,
- memorandum book,
- memorial,
- memory book,
- menu,
- minute,
- minutes,
- muster,
- muster roll,
- nose count,
- notation,
- note,
- note down,
- notebook,
- official document,
- order of business,
- pad,
- paper,
- papers,
- parchment,
- personal file,
- petty cashbook,
- place upon record,
- plate,
- playbill,
- pocket notebook,
- pocketbook,
- police blotter,
- poll,
- post,
- post up,
- price tag,
- program,
- program of operation,
- programma,
- property roll,
- prospectus,
- protocol,
- put down,
- put in writing,
- put on paper,
- put on tape,
- questionnaire,
- record,
- reduce to writing,
- register,
- registered trademark,
- registry,
- reminder,
- returns,
- roll,
- roll call,
- roster,
- rota,
- running head,
- running title,
- schedule,
- scholia,
- scholium,
- scrapbook,
- scratch pad,
- scrip,
- script,
- scroll,
- seal,
- set down,
- sigil,
- signet,
- slate,
- spiral notebook,
- stamp,
- sticker,
- strike a balance,
- stub,
- table,
- tablet,
- tabulate,
- tag,
- take down,
- tally,
- tape,
- tape-record,
- tax roll,
- ticket,
- timetable,
- title page,
- token,
- trade name,
- trademark,
- trademark name,
- triptych,
- videotape,
- workbook,
- writ,
- write,
- write down,
- write in,
- write out,
- write up,
- writing,
- writing tablet,
- yearbook