docket (n.)

mid-15c., "a summary or abstract," of unknown origin, perhaps a diminutive form related to dock (v.). An early form was doggette. Meaning "list of lawsuits to be tried" is from 1709.

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dock (n.1)

"ship's berth, any structure in or upon which a ship may be held for loading, repairing, etc.," late 15c., dokke, from Middle Dutch or Middle Low German docke, which is perhaps ultimately (via Late Latin *ductia "aqueduct") from Latin ducere "to lead" (from PIE root *deuk- "to lead"); or possibly from a Scandinavian word for "low ground" (compare Norwegian dokk "hollow, low ground"). The original sense was perhaps "furrow a grounded vessel makes in a mud bank."

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Definitions of docket

docket (v.)

place on the docket for legal action;

Only 5 of the 120 cases docketed were tried

docket (v.)

make a summary or abstract of a legal document and inscribe it in a list;

docket (n.)

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

docket (n.)

a temporally organized plan for matters to be attended to;

Synonyms: agenda / schedule

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