Docket Definition & Meaning

docket
noun
  1. (law) the calendar of a court; the list of cases to be tried or a summary of the court's activities
  2. a temporally organized plan for matters to be attended to
verb
  1. place on the docket for legal action; "Only 5 of the 120 cases docketed were tried"
  2. make a summary or abstract of a legal document and inscribe it in a list

"Docket" in song lyrics

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  • "Want to take it all back but there's no sign of the docket"
    Drapht — Drink Drank Drunk
  • "And it ain't nothing new, you dance for a docket"
    Matlock — Infinity F.U.'s
  • "abitibibowater docket"
    AOL — AOL

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