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   Docket (?), n. [Dock to cut off + dim. suffix -et.]
   1. A small piece of paper or parchment, containing the heads of a writing; a summary or digest.
   
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   2. A bill tied to goods, containing some direction, as the name of the owner, or the place to which they are to be sent; a label.  Bailey.
   
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   3. (Law) (a) An abridged entry of a judgment or proceeding in an action, or register or such entries; a book of original, kept by clerks of courts, containing a formal list of the names of parties, and minutes of the proceedings, in each case in court. (b) (U. S.) A list or calendar of causes ready for hearing or trial, prepared for the use of courts by the clerks.
   
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   4. A list or calendar of business matters to be acted on in any assembly.
   
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   On the docket, in hand; in the plan; under consideration; in process of execution or performance. [Colloq.]
   
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   Docket, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Docketed; p. pr. & vb. n. Docketing.]
   1. To make a brief abstract of  (a writing) and indorse it on the back of the paper, or to indorse the title or contents on the back of; to summarize; as, “to docket letters and papers”.  Chesterfield.
   
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   2. (Law) (a) To make a brief abstract of and inscribe in a book; as, “judgments regularly docketed”. (b) To enter or inscribe in a docket, or list of causes for trial.
   
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   3. To mark with a ticket; as, “to docket goods”.
   
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