Definitions for Docket
ˈdɒk ɪtdock·et

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. docketnoun

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

2. agenda, docket, scheduleverb

   a temporally organized plan for matters to be attended to

3. docketverb

   place on the docket for legal action

   "Only 5 of the 120 cases docketed were tried"

4. docketverb

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

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. docketnoun

   A summary; a brief digest.

2. docketnoun

   A short entry of the proceedings of a court; the register containing them; the office containing the register.

3. docketnoun

   A schedule of cases awaiting action in a court.

4. docketnoun

   An agenda of things to be done.

5. docketnoun

   A ticket or label fixed to something, showing its contents or directions to its use.

6. docketverb

   To make an entry in a docket.

7. docketverb

   To label a parcel etc.

8. Etymology: Origin uncertain; perhaps a diminutive of dock.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Docketnoun

   A direction tied upon goods; a summary of a larger writing. Dict.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Docketnoun

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

2. Docketnoun

   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. Docketnoun

   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. Docketnoun

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

5. Docketnoun

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

6. Docketverb

   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. Docketverb

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

8. Docketverb

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

9. Docketverb

   to mark with a ticket; as, to docket goods

10. Etymology: [Dock to cut off + dim. suffix -et.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Docket

   dok′et, n. a summary of a larger writing: a bill or ticket affixed to anything: a label: a list or register of cases in court.—v.t. to make a summary of the heads of a writing: to enter in a book: to mark the contents of papers on the back:—pr.p. dock′eting; pa.p. dock′eted. [Dim. of dock, to curtail; sometimes docquet, as if French.]

Matched Categories

1. • Calendar
   • Law
   • Place
   • Resume

How to pronounce Docket?

1. Alex

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Docket in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Docket in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of Docket in a Sentence

1. Ed Ferenc:

   We are ready, we'll have staff here till 1 a.m. If we have to do a docket at 10:30 at night, we'll do it.

2. Steve Vladeck:

   Although this case is abortion-related, the plaintiffs' challenge was that the law violated the free speech rights of the doctors, as opposed to the abortion rights of the patients, in that regard, although many find the Kentucky law offensive, it doesn't implicate the same fundamental questions about the continuing scope of the right to choose that the justices identified in Roe as other cases already on the court's docket this term and coming down the pipeline.

3. Ed Whelan:

   Complaints that Court ruled on Texas law in ‘shadow docket’ can't be taken seriously, as it's abortion providers who pressed for immediate action (after waiting 2-1/2 months to file motion for preliminary injunction), abortion providers failed to meet their burden on the ‘complex and novel antecedent procedural questions’ that their *pre-enforcement* challenge presents.

4. Samuel Alito:

   The catchy and sinister term ‘shadow docket’ has been used to portray the court as having been captured by a dangerous cabal that resorts to sneaky and improper methods to get its ways… This portrayal feeds unprecedented efforts to intimidate the court or damage it as an independent institution.

5. Robert Hilliard:

   Should we have obtained a billion-dollar verdict in the first trial, we would still be working on ways to resolve the entire docket, quickly and efficiently.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Docket
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Docket
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=Docket
4. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Docket
5. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=Docket