docket
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docket
- /ˈdɒk.ɪt/ UK
- /ˈdɑ.kɪt/ Canada, US
- /ˈdɔk.ɪt/ Australia
Rhymes with -ɒkɪt
Where it comes from
Uncertain; perhaps a diminutive of dock.
noun dockets · docquet
- A summary; a brief digest.
- A short entry of the proceedings of a court; the register containing them; the office containing the register.
- A schedule of cases awaiting action in a court. And I think it’s probably fair to say that all of the more recent cases that are on the interim/emergency/whatever-we-want-to-call-it-these-days dockets, so they’re still in progress.
- An agenda of things to be done.
- A ticket or label fixed to something, showing its contents or directions to its use.
- A receipt.
verb dockets · docketing · docketed · docquet
- To enter or inscribe in a docket, or list of causes for trial.
- To label a parcel, etc. to docket goods
- 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
- To make a brief abstract of and inscribe in a book. judgments regularly docketed
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: agenda, schedule, agendum, register, registry, account, documentation, dossier, file, roster, case, record, role, portfolio, issue, chart
Translations
Every language
noun short entry of the proceedings of a court
| Deutsch | Prozessregister |
|---|---|
| Italiano | registro sentenze, ruolo |
noun schedule of cases in a court
| Deutsch | Prozessliste |
|---|---|
| Italiano | ruolino |
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