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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.

Origin:
1475–85; earlier dogget, of obscure orig.
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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: 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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