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docket

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noun/ˈdɒk.ɪt//ˈdɑ.kɪt//ˈdɔk.ɪt/
  1. 1

    A summary; a brief digest.obsolete

  2. 2

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

  3. 3

    A schedule of cases awaiting action in a court.

    • And I think it’s probably fair to say that all of the more recent cases that are on the interim/emergency/whatever-we-want-to-call-it-these-days dockets, so they’re still in progress.
  4. 4

    An agenda of things to be done.

  5. 5

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

  6. 6

    A receipt.Australia

verb/ˈdɒk.ɪt//ˈdɑ.kɪt//ˈdɔk.ɪt/
  1. 1

    To enter or inscribe in a docket, or list of causes for trial.transitive

  2. 2

    To label a parcel, etc.transitive

    • to docket goods
  3. 3

    To make a brief abstract of (a writing) and endorse it on the back of the paper, or to endorse the title or contents on the back of; to summarize.transitive

    • to docket letters and papers
    • Whatever letters and papers you keep , docket and tie them up in their respective classes , so that you may instantly have recourse to any one
  4. 4

    To make a brief abstract of and inscribe in a book.transitive

    • judgments regularly docketed

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