docket

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

2 a temporally organized plan for matters to be attended to [syn: agenda, schedule]

1 place on the docket for legal action; "Only 5 of the 120 cases docketed were tried"

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

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɒkɪt

Noun

1. A schedule of cases awaiting action in a court.
2. A short entry of the proceedings of a court; the register containing them; the office containing the register.
3. An agenda of things to be done.
4. A ticket or label fixed to something, showing its contents or directions to its use.

Verb

1. To make an entry in a docket.
2. To label a parcel etc.

The word docket can mean:

• A brief summary of a document, also called an abstract.
• A listing of items that an organization plans on discussing, also called an agenda.
• Main article: Docket (court). The official schedule of proceedings in lawsuits pending in a court of law. The term originally referred to the large folio books in which clerks recorded all filings and court proceedings for each case. Rules of civil procedure often state that the court clerk shall record specific bits of information "on the docket" when a specific event occurs. Today, in most industrialized countries, such records have been computerized. The term is also sometimes used informally to refer to a court calendar or caseload as a whole.
• An invoice or order, often written in duplicate.
• A small electric entrance key.
• In Australian English, a generic term for any kind of shopping receipt or voucher.
• In the Print and Media industry it is often used to describe a collection of information, proofs and other related material for a particular job.

Domesday Book, account book, address book, adversaria, agenda, aide-memoire, album, annotation, annual, appointment calendar, appointment schedule, balance, balance the books, batting order, beadroll, bill, bill of fare, billhead, blank, blankbook, blotter, blueprint, book, book stamp, bookplate, brand, broad arrow, budget, cachet, cadastre, calendar, capitalize, card, carry, carry over, carte du jour, carve, cashbook, cast up accounts, catalog, census, census report, chalk, chalk up, charge off, check, check in, checklist, checkroll, chirograph, chronicle, classified catalog, close out, close the books, colophon, commonplace book, counterfoil, countermark, court calendar, credit, cut, daybook, debit, desk calendar, diary, diptych, document, dossier, dramatis personae, engagement book, engrave, enroll, enscroll, enter, entry, file, fill out, footnote, form, government mark, government stamp, grave, hallmark, head count, holograph, honor roll, impanel, imprint, incise, index, inscribe, insert, instrument, item, jot down, jotting, journal, journalize, jury list, jury panel, keep books, label, ledger, legal document, legal instrument, legal paper, letterhead, line up, lineup, list, list of agenda, log, logbook, logo, logotype, loose-leaf notebook, make a memorandum, make a note, make an entry, make out, marginal note, marginalia, mark down, masthead, matriculate, memo, memo book, memoir, memorandum, memorandum book, memorial, memory book, menu, minute, minutes, muster, muster roll, nose count, notation, note, note down, notebook, official document, order of business, pad, paper, papers, parchment, personal file, petty cashbook, place upon record, plate, playbill, pocket notebook, pocketbook, police blotter, poll, post, post up, price tag, program, program of operation, programma, property roll, prospectus, protocol, put down, put in writing, put on paper, put on tape, questionnaire, record, reduce to writing, register, registered trademark, registry, reminder, returns, roll, roll call, roster, rota, running head, running title, schedule, scholia, scholium, scrapbook, scratch pad, scrip, script, scroll, seal, set down, sigil, signet, slate, spiral notebook, stamp, sticker, strike a balance, stub, table, tablet, tabulate, tag, take down, tally, tape, tape-record, tax roll, ticket, timetable, title page, token, trade name, trademark, trademark name, triptych, videotape, workbook, writ, write, write down, write in, write out, write up, writing, writing tablet, yearbook