Definition of Docket

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Docket

A small piece of paper or parchment, containing the heads of a writing; a summary or digest.

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.

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.

A list or calendar of causes ready for hearing or trial, prepared for the use of courts by the clerks.

A list or calendar of business matters to be acted on in any assembly.

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.

To make a brief abstract of and inscribe in a book; as, judgments regularly docketed.

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

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

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