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Docket v. t. (past & past part. docketed; pres. part. docketing)

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.

(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.

To mark with a ticket; as, to docket goods.

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Etymology of 'Docket'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Docket" Quotes from Famous Books

... an elderly lady of noble figure, who, having paid the amount of her docket, seemed on the point of going away. She saw me, scanned me from head to foot, and did not budge. For more than a full quarter-of-an-hour she sat there, immovable, putting on her gloves, and calmly staring ...

— The works of Guy de Maupassant, Vol. 5 (of 8) - Une Vie and Other Stories • Guy de Maupassant 1850-1893

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