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Dockets

[dok-it] Origin

dock·et

[dok-it] noun, verb, -et·ed, -et·ing.
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.
a.
an official memorandum or entry of proceedings in a legal cause.
b.
a register of such entries.
c.
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)
5.
Law. to enter in the docket of the court.
6.
Law. to make an abstract or summary of the heads of, as a document; abstract and enter in a book: judgments regularly docketed.
7.
to endorse (a letter, document, etc.) with a memorandum.

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Dockets is always a great word to know.
So is ort. Does it mean:
a gadget; dingus; thingumbob.
a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.

Origin:
1475–85; earlier dogget, of obscure origin

re·dock·et, verb (used with object), -et·ed, -et·ing.
un·dock·et·ed, adjective
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docket
c.1460, "a summary or abstract," of unknown origin, perhaps a dim. form related to dock (v.). An early form was doggette.
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