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Definition of "docket" []

  • Law A calendar of the cases awaiting action in a court. (noun)
  • Law A brief entry of the court proceedings in a legal case. (noun)
  • Law The book containing such entries. (noun)
  • A summary or other brief statement of the contents of a document; an abstract. (noun)
  • A list of things to be done; an agenda. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "docket" in a sentence
  • "Many of us link to the docket, and the docket is appropriately the first on the secondary menu to the left."
  • "You know you're not only getting old - but also responsible when you're not only concerned about the mayoral election, but one of the two HUGE issues on the docket is the Trash Pickup system - and the major chaos the last administration has made of it."
  • "Next up on the docket is the case of Adrian "Ironman" Foster, or as we like to refer to him, the "Anti-Jarvis.""