docket
pronunciation
How to pronounce docket in British English:
UK [ˈdɒkɪt]
How to pronounce docket in American English:
US [ˈdɑkɪt]
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- Noun:
- (law) the calendar of a court; the list of cases to be tried or a summary of the court's activities
- a temporally organized plan for matters to be attended to
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- Verb:
- place on the docket for legal action
- make a summary or abstract of a legal document and inscribe it in a list
Word Origin
- 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.
Example
- 1. Notice of the supreme people 's court on unifying the docket numbers of civil cases at the case-filing and trial stages of retrial .
- 2. When a people 's court receives a statement of complaint and after examination finds that it meets the requirements for acceptance , the court shall place the case on the docket within seven days and notify the parties concerned , is that right ?
- 3. The cashier will then price the docket and file under the table number .
- 4. Netanyahu 's wednesday docket included a meeting with obama .
- 5. Give me the docket for today 's zoning board meeting .