Gadit

docket

Definitions (4)
1nounan official list of cases that a court will deal with
The judge reviewed the docket before the hearing began.
Their case was added to next week's court docket.
The lawyer checked the docket to see what time the trial would start.
2nouna list of tasks, items, or matters to be handled
We have a full docket of meetings this afternoon.
Budget planning is first on the docket today.
The team cleared several items from its docket before lunch.
3nouna label or note attached to a document, package, or file for identification
The clerk placed a docket on the file.
Each parcel arrived with a printed docket attached.
Please check the docket number before filing the papers.
4verbto make a brief official note on a document or in a record
The clerk docketed the complaint as soon as it arrived.
Please docket the invoice under the correct account.
Each filing is docketed by date and case number.
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Idioms & expressions
on the docket, scheduled to be discussed or handled
off the docket, removed from the list of matters to be handled
Word Origin
Language
English
Originally meant
Probably from English dock + the diminutive suffix -et: dock meant a cut-off tail, stump, or clipped end, and the word seems to have developed from the idea of a short appended piece or brief abridged note.
Background
It appears in late Middle English, first in legal and administrative writing in the 15th century. Standard etymologies connect it with dock 'to cut short, clip' and the noun dock 'stub, tail,' but the exact formation is not completely certain.