1
: a brief written summary of a document : abstract
2
a(1)
: a formal abridged record of the proceedings in a legal action
(2)
: a register of such records
b(1)
: a list of legal causes to be tried
also
: the caseload of a court or judge
(2)
: a calendar of business matters to be acted on : agenda
3
: an identifying statement about a document placed on its outer surface or cover
docketed; docketing; dockets
1
: to place on the docket for legal action
2
: to make a brief abstract of (something, such as a legal matter) and inscribe it in a list
3
: to inscribe (something, such as a document) with an identifying statement
Examples of docket in a Sentence
Noun
The judge had to postpone some of the cases on the docket.
on the Broadway docket for the early part of this season
Recent Examples on the Web
Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 10 Apr. 2024
His online court docket does not list a date for his initial court appearance or a lawyer representing him.
—Emily Palmer, Peoplemag, 9 Apr. 2024
Cannon’s court docket includes a host of undecided legal questions, and prosecutors have urged her to move quickly.
—Perry Stein, Washington Post, 4 Apr. 2024
The special counsel pushed for the trial to begin in July, a proposal that seems less likely to be adopted, since Cannon's docket still contains several unresolved motions.
—Robert Legare, CBS News, 3 Apr. 2024
Brailsford found the emergency demand to be moot, the docket stated, after attorneys for Creech and the prison system reached agreement during the call on each of the three requests in the legal demand.
—Kevin Fixler, Idaho Statesman, 26 Mar. 2024
The docket for the federal case did not list lawyers for the men.
—Marlene Lenthang, NBC News, 11 Mar. 2024
On a Wednesday morning in early August 2023, the docket of cases totaled 135.
—Mya Frazier, Harper's Magazine, 26 Feb. 2024
Puget Sound city These included tens of thousands in clerk fees, printing fees, docket fees, court of appeals fees, interpreter fees, honorary court costs, a court tax and an exit tax on the settlement, the documents show — and more than $100,000 more directly to the government entities.
—Steve Fisher, USA TODAY, 23 Feb. 2024
CBS News, 18 Feb. 2024
In a proposal docketed for Tuesday’s meeting, Anderson is set to ask the county to research the crimes that disqualify immigrants from U.S. citizenship and exclude from the program immigrants convicted of those crimes.
—David Hernandez, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Oct. 2023
John Anthony Castro -- who is running for the GOP presidential nomination as a write-in candidate -- has filed and docketed 14th Amendment cases in multiple states.
—Hannah Demissie, ABC News, 6 Sep. 2023
January 6th would seem to fall within that bailiwick, but, as court dockets up and down the Eastern Seaboard demonstrate, the insurrection and its surrounding intrigues remain very much part of America’s present tense.
—Bruce Handy, The New Yorker, 21 Aug. 2023
That filing is not immediately available on the court’s online docketing system.
—Jake Zuckerman, cleveland, 12 July 2023
The appeal was formally docketed Monday before the D.C. Circuit, court records show, though other details surrounding it will remain under seal due to its connection to grand jury matters.
—Katherine Faulders, ABC News, 10 Apr. 2023
The ruling docketed Tuesday rejects arguments by non-settling insurance companies and attorneys representing dissenting abuse survivors that the reorganization plan was not proposed in good faith and improperly strips the insurers and survivors of their rights.
—Randall Chase, Fortune, 28 Mar. 2023
By a 5-4 vote, the court held that other state officials, including court clerks who would docket the private lawsuits couldn’t be sued in a pre-enforcement challenge.
—Jess Bravin, WSJ, 4 Jan. 2022
Noun
The Appellate Division First Department docket shows Trump is filing another petition against Judge Juan Merchan, the New York judge overseeing the case.
—Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 10 Apr. 2024
His online court docket does not list a date for his initial court appearance or a lawyer representing him.
—Emily Palmer, Peoplemag, 9 Apr. 2024
Cannon’s court docket includes a host of undecided legal questions, and prosecutors have urged her to move quickly.
—Perry Stein, Washington Post, 4 Apr. 2024
The special counsel pushed for the trial to begin in July, a proposal that seems less likely to be adopted, since Cannon's docket still contains several unresolved motions.
—Robert Legare, CBS News, 3 Apr. 2024
Brailsford found the emergency demand to be moot, the docket stated, after attorneys for Creech and the prison system reached agreement during the call on each of the three requests in the legal demand.
—Kevin Fixler, Idaho Statesman, 26 Mar. 2024
The docket for the federal case did not list lawyers for the men.
—Marlene Lenthang, NBC News, 11 Mar. 2024
On a Wednesday morning in early August 2023, the docket of cases totaled 135.
—Mya Frazier, Harper's Magazine, 26 Feb. 2024
Puget Sound city These included tens of thousands in clerk fees, printing fees, docket fees, court of appeals fees, interpreter fees, honorary court costs, a court tax and an exit tax on the settlement, the documents show — and more than $100,000 more directly to the government entities.
—Steve Fisher, USA TODAY, 23 Feb. 2024
Verb
If the appeal can't be docketed because of the money, the money is going to have to be paid.
—CBS News, 18 Feb. 2024
In a proposal docketed for Tuesday’s meeting, Anderson is set to ask the county to research the crimes that disqualify immigrants from U.S. citizenship and exclude from the program immigrants convicted of those crimes.
—David Hernandez, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Oct. 2023
John Anthony Castro -- who is running for the GOP presidential nomination as a write-in candidate -- has filed and docketed 14th Amendment cases in multiple states.
—Hannah Demissie, ABC News, 6 Sep. 2023
January 6th would seem to fall within that bailiwick, but, as court dockets up and down the Eastern Seaboard demonstrate, the insurrection and its surrounding intrigues remain very much part of America’s present tense.
—Bruce Handy, The New Yorker, 21 Aug. 2023
That filing is not immediately available on the court’s online docketing system.
—Jake Zuckerman, cleveland, 12 July 2023
The appeal was formally docketed Monday before the D.C. Circuit, court records show, though other details surrounding it will remain under seal due to its connection to grand jury matters.
—Katherine Faulders, ABC News, 10 Apr. 2023
The ruling docketed Tuesday rejects arguments by non-settling insurance companies and attorneys representing dissenting abuse survivors that the reorganization plan was not proposed in good faith and improperly strips the insurers and survivors of their rights.
—Randall Chase, Fortune, 28 Mar. 2023
By a 5-4 vote, the court held that other state officials, including court clerks who would docket the private lawsuits couldn’t be sued in a pre-enforcement challenge.
—Jess Bravin, WSJ, 4 Jan. 2022
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Legal Definition
docket
1 of 2 noun
dock·et
ˈdä-kət 
1
a
: a formal abridged record of the proceedings (as motions, orders, and judgments) in a legal action
the clerk shall keep a docket in each case—U.S. Code
U.S. Code
b
: a register of such records
2
a
: a list of legal actions to be heard by a court
the nearly 500 such cases on court dockets—Rorie Sherman
compare calendar
Rorie Sherman
b
: the caseload of a court
a great part of our docket consisted of regulatory agency cases—R. H. Bork
R. H. Borkdocket
2 of 2 transitive verb
: to enter in a docket (as of a case or a court)
closure motions must be docketed sufficiently in advance—W. R. LaFave and J. H. Israel
compare calendar
W. R. LaFave and J. H. IsraelEtymology
Noun
earlier doggette, docquet summary, abstract, of unknown origin
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