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dock⋅et

  [dok-it] noun, verb, -et⋅ed, -et⋅ing.
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–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.
Origin:
1475–85; earlier dogget, of obscure orig.
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dock·et   (dŏk'ĭt)   
n.  

  1. Law

    1. A calendar of the cases awaiting action in a court.

    2. A brief entry of the court proceedings in a legal case.

    3. The book containing such entries.

  2. A summary or other brief statement of the contents of a document; an abstract.

  3. A list of things to be done; an agenda.

  4. A label or ticket affixed to a package listing the contents or directions for assembling or operating.

tr.v.   dock·et·ed, dock·et·ing, dock·ets

  1. Law To enter in a court calendar or in a record of court proceedings.

  2. To provide with a brief identifying statement.

  3. To label or ticket (a parcel).


[Middle English doggett, summary, digest.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Word Origin & History

docket 
c.1460, "a summary or abstract," of unknown origin, perhaps a dim. form related to dock (v.). An early form was doggette.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Legal Dictionary

Main Entry: dock·et
Pronunciation: 'dä-k&t
Function: noun
Etymology: earlier doggette docquet summary, abstract, of unknown origin
1 a : a formal abridged record of the proceedings (as motions, orders, and judgments) in a legal action docket in each case —U.S. Code> b : a register of such records
2 a : a list of legal actions to be heard by a court dockets —Rorie Sherman> —compare CALENDAR b : the caseload of a court docket consisted of regulatory agency cases —Railroad H. Bork>

Main Entry: docket
Function: transitive verb
: to enter in a docket (as of a case or a court) docketed sufficiently in advance —W. Railroad LaFave and J. H. Israel> —compare CALENDAR
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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