Definition of "caseload" [caseload]

• The number of cases handled in a given period, as by an attorney or by a clinic or social services agency. (noun)

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• "TRAC director Sue Long says the main cause of the backlog (the government prefers the term caseload) is Justice's inability to keep pace with judicial turnover."
• "Over 80% of the Seattle Municipal Court caseload is parking tickets, and parking tickets do not require a judge for adjudication."
• "As it happens my docket of discrimination cases, always the largest part of my caseload, is currently made up entirely of suits by white folks."