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docket

[ dok-it ]

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noun

Also called trial docket. a list of cases in court for trial, or the names of the parties who have cases pending.
Chiefly British.
1. an official memorandum or entry of proceedings in a legal cause.
2. a register of such entries.
3. 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.
the list of business to be transacted by a board, council, legislative assembly, or the like.
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.

docketed, docketing.

Law. to enter in the docket of the court.
Law. to make an abstract or summary of the heads of, as a document; abstract and enter in a book:
judgments regularly docketed.
to endorse (a letter, document, etc.) with a memorandum.

docket

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a piece of paper accompanying or referring to a package or other delivery, stating contents, delivery instructions, etc, sometimes serving as a receipt
law
1. an official summary of the proceedings in a court of justice
2. a register containing such a summary
1. a customs certificate declaring that duty has been paid
2. a certificate giving particulars of a shipment and allowing its holder to obtain a delivery order
a summary of contents, as in a document
a list of things to be done
law
1. a list of cases awaiting trial
2. the names of the parties to pending litigation

to fix a docket to (a package, etc)
law
1. to make a summary of (a document, judgment, etc)
2. to abstract and enter in a book or register
to endorse (a document, etc) with a summary

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Origin of docket¹

First recorded in 1475–85; earlier dogget, of obscure origin

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Origin of docket¹

C15: of unknown origin

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Beethoven, Schubert, Dvorák and Richard Strauss were on the tour’s docket — nothing written in the last 125 years.

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A quick scan of the docket sheet easily reveals that Ali issued at least five orders that Trump disregarded, not “two” as Alito claims.

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Five defendants have pleaded not guilty; six have yet to enter pleas, according to a court docket.

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Supreme Court did not include the issue on its docket for the current session.

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Although Carr went along with the dismissal of the complaint against the Murdochs, he swiftly restored the others to the commission’s docket.

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