Docket (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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noun
  1. a list of cases in court for trial, or the names of the parties who have cases pending.
  2. Chiefly British.
    • an official memorandum or entry of proceedings in a legal cause.
    • a register of such entries.
    • any of various certificates or warrants giving the holder right to obtain, buy, or move goods that are controlled by the government, as a custom-house docket certifying duty has been paid.
  3. the list of business to be transacted by a board, council, legislative assembly, or the like.
  4. a writing on a letter or document stating its contents; any statement of particulars attached to a package, envelope, etc.; a label or ticket.
verb (used with object), dock·et·ed, dock·et·ing.
  1. to enter in the docket of the court.
  2. to make an abstract or summary of the heads of, as a document; abstract and enter in a book:judgments regularly docketed.
  3. to endorse (a letter, document, etc.) with a memorandum.
noun
  1. 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
    • an official summary of the proceedings in a court of justice
    • a register containing such a summary
  3. British
    • a customs certificate declaring that duty has been paid
    • 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. a list of things to be done
  6. US law
    • a list of cases awaiting trial
    • the names of the parties to pending litigation
verb (tr)
  1. to fix a docket to (a package, etc)
  2. law
    • to make a summary of (a document, judgment, etc)
    • to abstract and enter in a book or register
  3. to endorse (a document, etc) with a summary
Docket (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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