dock·et 1 /'dä-kət/ n [earlier doggette docquet summary, abstract, of unknown origin]
1 a: a formal abridged record of the proceedings (as motions, orders, and judgments) in a legal action
the clerk shall keep a docket in each case — U.S. Code
b: a register of such records
2 a: a list of legal actions to be heard by a court
the nearly 500 such cases on court docket s — Rorie Sherman compare calendar
b: the caseload of a court
a great part of our docket consisted of regulatory agency cases — R. H. Bork
docket 2 vt: to enter in a docket (as of a case or a court)
closure motions must be docket ed sufficiently in advance — W. R. LaFave and J. H. Israel compare calendar
Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam-Webster. 1996.