Definition of
docket has definitions from the field of law
1
[ verb ] (law) in law: place on the docket for legal action

Examples

"Only 5 of the 120 cases docketed were tried"

Used in print

(Jim Berry Pearson, The Maxwell Land Grant....)

The judge became ill just as the Colfax_District_Court convened , no substitute was brought_in , no criminal cases heard , only 5 out of 122 cases docketed were tried , and court adjourned sine_die after sitting a_few days instead_of the usual three weeks .

Related terms

situate put law

2
[ noun ] a list of matters to be taken up (as at a meeting)

Synonyms

agendum order_of_business agenda

Related terms

list order_of_the_day agenda_item

3
[ verb ] in law: make a summary or abstract of a legal document and inscribe it in a list

Related terms

sum_up law

4
[ noun ] (law) the calendar of a court; the list of cases to be tried or a summary of the court's activities

Related terms

calendar law

5
[ noun ] a temporally organized plan for matters to be attended to

Synonyms

schedule agenda

Related terms

plan menu schedule

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Rhymes with

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Phonetic and Homophones

D AA1 K AH0 T

Similar Spelling

Doucet Doucette docked Dossett Doggett dockside Duckett

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