What (who) is docket - definition
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Docket (disambiguation); Dockets
Docket
·vt To mark with a ticket; as, to docket goods.
II. Docket ·vt To enter or inscribe in a docket, or list of causes for trial.
III. Docket ·noun A list or calendar of business matters to be acted on in any assembly.
IV. Docket ·vt To make a brief abstract of and inscribe in a book; as, judgments regularly docketed.
V. Docket ·noun A small piece of paper or parchment, containing the heads of a writing; a summary or digest.
VI. Docket ·noun A list or calendar of causes ready for hearing or trial, prepared for the use of courts by the clerks.
VII. Docket ·noun 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.
VIII. Docket ·vt 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.
IX. Docket ·noun 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.
docket
(dockets)
1.
A docket is a certificate or ticket which shows the contents of something such as a parcel or cargo, and proves who the goods belong to. (BRIT)
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2.
A docket is a list of cases waiting for trial in a law court. (mainly AM)
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docket
¦ noun
1. Brit. a document accompanying a consignment of goods that lists its contents, certifies payment of duty, or entitles the holder to delivery.
2. N. Amer. a list of cases for trial or people having cases pending.
S. African a file of information about a legal case.
¦ verb (dockets, docketing, docketed)
1. mark (a consignment or package) with a document listing the contents.
2. N. Amer. enter (a case or suit) on to a list of those due to be heard.
Origin
C15 (orig. denoting a short abstract or summary): perh. from dock4.
Wikipedia
Docket
Docket may refer to:
- Docket (court), the official schedule of proceedings in lawsuits pending in a court of law.
- Agenda (meeting) or docket, a list of meeting activities in the order in which they are to be taken up
- Receipt or tax invoice, a proof of payment for items purchased
- Transport document, e.g. Air Waybill, Bill of Lading or CMR
Pronunciation examples for docket
1. on the docket for worldwide--
Dominique Ansel _ Everyone Can Bake _ Talks at Google
2. Docket number 22,
please come forward.
The Adjustment Bureau (2011)
3. and for adding us to your promotional docket.
Lady Astronaut of Mars _ Mary Robinette Kowal _ Talks at Google
4. MODERATOR: New York Fashion Week on the docket.
Community Season 5 _ Donald Glover, Joel McHale, Gillian Jacobs & More _ Talks at Google
5. I was wondering what's on the docket for you this summer.
Phase _ Jack Garratt _ Talks at Google
Examples of use of docket
1. Most–watched case Abortion tops the court‘s current docket.
2. Lethal injection is already on the high court‘s docket.
3. Jaramogi Odinga was in charge of the Home Affairs docket, under which the Prisons Department falls.
4. He looked up every case where Puryear was listed on the docket as counsel.
5. "I think there‘s room for additional cases on the docket," Roberts said.