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Entry 7 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Docket

/däk'-ət/ · Dock·et · IPA /ˈdɑ.kɪt/
01 n. A small piece of paper or parchment, containing the heads of a writing; a summary or digest.
  1. 1.
    A small piece of paper or parchment, containing the heads of a writing; a summary or digest.
  2. 2.
    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.
  3. 3.
    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.(Law) [U. S.]
  4. 4.
    A list or calendar of business matters to be acted on in any assembly.
Phrases & compounds
On the docket — in hand; in the plan; under consideration; in process of execution or performance.
02 v. t. 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 su…
imp. & p. p. Docketed; p. pr. & vb. n. Docketing
  1. 1.
    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.
  2. 2.
    To make a brief abstract of and inscribe in a book; as, judgments regularly docketed.(Law)
  3. 3.
    To mark with a ticket; as, to docket goods.