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dock·et  (dkt)

n.

1. Law

a. A calendar of the cases awaiting action in a court.

b. A brief entry of the court proceedings in a legal case.

c. The book containing such entries.

2. A summary or other brief statement of the contents of a document; an abstract.

3. A list of things to be done; an agenda.

4. A label or ticket affixed to a package listing the contents or directions for assembling or operating.

tr.v. dock·et·ed, dock·et·ing, dock·ets

1. Law To enter in a court calendar or in a record of court proceedings.

2. To provide with a brief identifying statement.

3. To label or ticket (a parcel).

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[Middle English doggett, summary, digest.]

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docket [ˈdɒkɪt]

n

1. (Business / Commerce) Chiefly Brit a piece of paper accompanying or referring to a package or other delivery, stating contents, delivery instructions, etc., sometimes serving as a receipt

2. (Law) Law

a.  an official summary of the proceedings in a court of justice

b.  a register containing such a summary

3. (Business / Commerce) Brit

a.  a customs certificate declaring that duty has been paid

b.  a certificate giving particulars of a shipment and allowing its holder to obtain a delivery order

4. a summary of contents, as in a document

5. US a list of things to be done

6. (Law) US Law

a.  a list of cases awaiting trial

b.  the names of the parties to pending litigation

vb (tr)

1. (Business / Commerce) to fix a docket to (a package, etc.)

2. (Law) Law

a.  to make a summary of (a document, judgment, etc.)

b.  to abstract and enter in a book or register

3. to endorse (a document, etc.) with a summary

[of unknown origin]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	docket - (law) the calendar of a court; the list of cases to be tried or a summary of the court's activities calendar - a list or register of events (appointments or social events or court cases etc); "I have you on my calendar for next Monday" law, jurisprudence - the collection of rules imposed by authority; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order"
	2.	docket - a temporally organized plan for matters to be attended to agenda, schedule plan, program, programme - a series of steps to be carried out or goals to be accomplished; "they drew up a six-step plan"; "they discussed plans for a new bond issue" fare, menu - an agenda of things to do; "they worked rapidly down the menu of reports"
Verb	1.	docket - place on the docket for legal action; "Only 5 of the 120 cases docketed were tried" law, jurisprudence - the collection of rules imposed by authority; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order" lay, place, put, set, position, pose - put into a certain place or abstract location; "Put your things here"; "Set the tray down"; "Set the dogs on the scent of the missing children"; "Place emphasis on a certain point"
	2.	docket - make a summary or abstract of a legal document and inscribe it in a list law, jurisprudence - the collection of rules imposed by authority; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order" sum up, summarize, summarise, resume - give a summary (of); "he summed up his results"; "I will now summarize"

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docket

noun

label, bill, ticket, certificate, tag, voucher, tab, receipt, tally, chit, chitty, counterfoil The clerk asked me to sign the docket.

verb

file, index, register The Court has 1,400 appeals on its docket.

Translations

docket [ˈdɒkɪt] N

1. (= label) → etiqueta f, marbete m (esp Brit) (= certificate) → resguardo m, certificado m; (= bill) → factura f

2. (US) (Jur) → lista f de casos pendientes

docket

n

(on document, parcel etc) → Warenbegleitschein m, → Laufzettel m

(Jur: = judgements register) → Urteilsregister nt; (= list of cases) Liste der Gerichtstermine

(= customs certificate) → Zollinhaltserklärung f

vt

contents, judgement, information etc → zusammenfassen, eine Kurzfassung geben or herstellen von

contents → angeben; (= put docket on) crate → mit einem Warenbegleitschein or Laufzettel versehen

docket [ˈdɒkɪt] n (on parcel etc) → etichetta, cartellino

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docket [ˈdɒkɪt] n (on parcel etc) → etichetta, cartellino