Docket

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /ˈdÉ’kɪt/
• Rhymes: -É’kɪt

Origin

Origin uncertain; perhaps a diminutive of dock.

Full definition of docket

Noun

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

Verb

1. (transitive) To make an entry in a docket.
2. (transitive) To label a parcel etc.to docket goods
3. (transitive) 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.to docket letters and papers
4. (transitive) To make a brief abstract of and inscribe in a book.judgments regularly docketed
5. (transitive) To enter or inscribe in a docket, or list of causes for trial.