docket

Definitions

1. 1noun

   A small piece of paper or parchment, containing the heads of a writing; a summary or digest.

2. 2noun

   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. 3noun

   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.

4. 4noun

   A list or calendar of causes ready for hearing or trial, prepared for the use of courts by the clerks.

5. 5noun

   A list or calendar of business matters to be acted on in any assembly.

6. 6transitive verb

   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.

7. 7transitive verb

   To make a brief abstract of and inscribe in a book; as, judgments regularly docketed.

8. 8transitive verb

   To enter or inscribe in a docket, or list of causes for trial.

9. 9transitive verb

   To mark with a ticket; as, to docket goods.

10. 10noun

    a temporally organized plan for matters to be attended to

    Synonyms

    agendaschedule
11. 11noun

    (law) the calendar of a court; the list of cases to be tried or a summary of the court's activities

12. 12verb

    make a summary or abstract of a legal document and inscribe it in a list

13. 13verb

    place on the docket for legal action

    "Only 5 of the 120 cases docketed were tried"