DOCKET

vt to mark with a ticket; as, to docket goods.

2. docket ·vt to enter or inscribe in a docket, or list of causes for trial.

3. docket ·noun a list or calendar of business matters to be acted on in any assembly.

4. docket ·vt to make a brief abstract of and inscribe in a book; as, judgments regularly docketed.

5. docket ·noun a small piece of paper or parchment, containing the heads of a writing; a summary or digest.

6. docket ·noun a list or calendar of causes ready for hearing or trial, prepared for the use of courts by the clerks.

7. 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.

8. 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.

9. 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.