Definition

1. Noun:

   • A temporally organized plan for matters to be attended to: A list or schedule of things to be done or dealt with.
   • (Law) The calendar of a court; the list of cases to be tried or a summary of the court's activities: The official schedule of cases awaiting action in a court of law.

2. Verb:

   • To make a summary or abstract of a legal document and inscribe it in a list: To prepare a brief written summary of a document's contents for official record-keeping.
   • To place on the docket for legal action: To schedule a case or matter for future consideration or trial in a court.

Usage Examples

• Noun:

  • The manager reviewed the day's docket of meetings and tasks.
  • The judge checked the court docket to see which cases were scheduled for the afternoon session.

• Verb:

  • The clerk will docket the key points of the new filing.
  • The new lawsuit was docketed immediately after it was filed.

Advanced Usage

• "On the docket": Scheduled for consideration or action.
  • The proposed tax reform is on the docket for the next legislative session.
• "Clear the docket": To complete all the items on a schedule, especially in a legal context.
  • The judge worked late to clear the docket before the holiday.

Variants and Related Words

• Docketing (gerund/noun): The act of entering something on a docket.
  • The docketing of the appeal was completed this morning.
• Docket sheet (noun phrase): The physical or digital document listing the docket entries for a specific case.
  • You can find all the procedural history on the case's docket sheet.

Synonyms

• Noun: Schedule, agenda, calendar, roster, list.
• Verb: Schedule, list, log, register, calendar.

Related Phrases

• Docket number (noun phrase): The unique identifier assigned to a case filed in a court.
  • Please reference the docket number on all correspondence.
• Trial docket (noun phrase): The specific list of cases set to go to trial.
  • The trial docket for next month is already full.

Noun

1. a temporally organized plan for matters to be attended to
2. (law) the calendar of a court; the list of cases to be tried or a summary of the court's activities

Verb

1. make a summary or abstract of a legal document and inscribe it in a list
2. place on the docket for legal action
   • Only 5 of the 120 cases docketed were tried