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Docket

Definition: Docket

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. In law: place on the docket for legal action; "Only 5 of the 120 cases docketed were tried".

2. In law: make a summary or abstract of a legal document and inscribe it in a list.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "docket" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1893. (references)


Specialty Definition: Docket

DomainDefinition

Computing

For the purpose of file transfer, access and management:that collection of information which can be associated with a file service regime and which must be preserved if error recovery is to be possible. Source: European Union. (references)

Law

A log containing brief entries of court proceedings. (references)

Mining

A pay ticket containing particulars of shifts worked, coal filled, yardage driven, and other work done, including the total wages less deductions. (references)

Shipping

Present a rate proposal to a conference meeting for adoption as a conference group rate. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Abbreviations & Acronyms: Docket

The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted.
EntrySourceExpressionField

DOCKET

EnglishDocument and Code Knowledge Elicitation ToolsetComputing, European Union

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Synonyms: Docket

Synonyms: agenda (n), schedule (n). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Docket

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Evidence

Admission; (assent); authority, warrant, credential, diploma, voucher, certificate, doquet, docket; testamur; record; document; pi

Idea

Adverb: under consideration; in question, in the mind; on foot, on the carpet, on the docket, on the tapis; relative to.

Indication

Title, heading, docket.

Put an indication, put a mark; Noun: note, mark, stamp, earmark; blaze; label, ticket, docket; dot, spot, score, dash, trace, chalk; print; imprint, impress; engrave, stereotype.

List

Program, programme; syllabus; agenda, schedule, calendar, docket.

Record

Record, note, minute; register, registry; roll; (list); cartulary, diptych, Domesday book; catalogue raisonne; entry, memorandum, indorsement, inscription, copy, duplicate, docket; notch; (mark); muniment, deed; (security); document; deposition, proces verbal; affidavit; certificate; (evidence).

Security

Authentication, verification, warrant, certificate, voucher, docket, doquet; record; probate, attested copy.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Docket

English words defined with "docket": Docketed, Docketing, Docquet, Dogget, Doquet. (references)
Specialty definitions using "docket": COURT CLERKdocket number. (references)

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Commercial Usage: Docket

DomainTitle

Books

  • Dickson County, Tennessee: County and Circuit Court Minutes, 1816-1828 and Witness Docket (reference)

  • Docket Control System for Lawyers (reference)

  • God in the docket : the problem of good and evil (reference)

  • Orphans' court docket ... [docket book number], Allegheny County, PA (reference)

  • Peace Law Docket, 1945-1990 (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Periodicals

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: Docket

Computer Images:
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Historic Usage: Docket

AuthorDateQuotation

Brown v. Board of Education

1954

The cases are restored to the docket for further argument on specified questions relating to the forms of the decrees. (reference)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Docket

SubjectTopicQuote

Human Rights

South Africa

The system also was designed to prevent docket thefts and to curtail the activities of corrupt police and court officials. (references)

Belize

On October 2, a fifth judge was added temporarily to the court for its fall term to help it handle a docket of criminal cases. (references)

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

The court docket averaged approximately 55-60 cases per day; however, only 5 to 7 cases generally were heard, adjudicated, or disposed of each day. (references)

Trade

Philippines

Commissioner will consider appeal, but only upon payment by importer of an additional docket fee. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: Docket

"Docket" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 85.71% of the time. "Docket" is used about 14 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (singular)85.71%12101,599
Noun (proper)14.29%2245,945
                    Total100.00%14N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expression: Docket

Expression using "docket": on the docket. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Docket

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

docket

59

docket management

3

court docket

36

county court docket harris

3

court docket oklahoma

33

county court docket franklin kentucky

3

court docket kentucky

23

county cuyahoga docket

3

court docket ky

21

clerk county cuyahoga docket

3

county court docket tulsa

14

docket virtual

3

supreme court docket

10

county court district docket harris

3

docket shop

8

docket software

3

docket philadelphia

7

david docket eva hammond

3

county docket harrison jail

7

court docket nc

3

court docket federal

5

access civil docket

3

county court cuyahoga docket

5

county court docket knott

3

dead docket

4

united state supreme court docket

3

oklahoma supreme court docket

4

carolina court docket north

3

county court docket oklahoma

4

county court docket kenton

3

county court docket stark

4

david docket eva hammond tn

3

docket search

4

docket numbers

3

county court docket lorain

4

civil docket philadelphia

3

court docket virginia

4

docket number

2

us supreme court docket

3

county docket summit

2

docket kentucky

2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Docket

Language Translations for "docket"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

vë etiketë, rend dite (agenda, agendas, calendar, order paper), listë e vendimeve gjyqësore, listë e çështjeve gjyqësore, fus në listë (book, list), etiketë me përmbajtjen e pakos, bëj listën. (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏قائمة (calendar, catalogue, enumeration, index, list, listing, manifest, register, roll, roster, schedule, scroll, table), ‏خلاصة (abstract, epitome, essence, extract, extraction, gist, outline, pith, precis, quintessence, recap, recapitulation, resume, substance, summary, summation), ‏جدول أسماء, ‏بطاقة محتويات. (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

слагам етикет на (label, tab), списък на съдебни решения, списък (beadledom, bill, calendar, catalogue, enumeration, index, list, roll, roster, rota, schedule, scroll, table), кратко извлечение от документ, квитанция за платено мито, вписвам (enter, inscribe, register), опис (account, inventory, list, register, schedule), маркирам (tag), етикет (ceremonial, check, etiquette, formality, label, stamp, sticker, tab, tally, ticket), правя опис (schedule), правя извлечение, поставям на дневен ред, давам кратко съдържание на. (various references)

   

Czech

  

zbožová prùvodka, návod k použití (directions for use), celní potvrzení. (various references)

   

Danish

  

resumé (abstract, summary), kortform, kildekartotek. (various references)

   

Dutch

  

etiket (etiquette, label). (various references)

   

Farsi 

  

ثبت کردن (Inscribe, Note, Put, Record, Register, Score, Scroll), دفترثبت دعاوی حقوقی . (various references)

   

French

  

rôle. (various references)

   

German

  

prozessliste. (various references)

   

Greek 

  

κατάσταση πληροφοριών, κατάλογοσ δικών, περίληψη (abridgement, abstract, brief, comprisal, digest, inclusion, precis, prospectus, resume, subsumption, summary, syllabus, synopsis), επιγραφή (inscription, label, sign, superscription). (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

תוית (button, label, tab, tag, tally, ticket), רשימ" (catalogue, list, note, record, register, scroll). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

jegyzék (book, calendar, catalog, catalogue, list, manifest, note, register, schedule, table), lista (agenda, list), bárca, bírósági napló, címke (label, sticker, tab, tag, tally, ticket, tie-on label, vignette), feljegyzés a per állásáról, felzet (heading), árujegy (delivery slip, label), iratjegyzék, vámnyugta (clearance, grand chop), kísérőbárca, lajstrom (blotter, calendar, list, roll), rendelőlap, tartalmi kivonat (precise), vámbárca, iratcsomó darabjainak jegyzéke. (various references)

   

Italian

  

sommario di ruolo, etichettare (label). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

事件表 . (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

じけ"ひょう. (various references)

   

Manx

  

screeu er duilleen, duilleen. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ocketday.(various references)

   

Portuguese

  

sumário (abridgement, abstract, brief, briefs, compendium, content, digest, playbill, precis, recess, resume, summary, summery, syllabus, synopsis), súmula, rotular (label), resumo (abridgement, abstract, brief, compendium, condensation, digest, epitome, excerpt, extract, playbill, precis, resume, summary, summery, syllabus, synopsis), recibo (acknowledgement, acknowledgment, claim check, quietus, quitter, receipt), rótulo (label, lettering, mark, tally, ticket, title), etiqueta (ceremony, etiquette, formality, label, punctilio, rite, sticker, tag, tally, ticket), classificar (assort, catalog, catalogue, categorize, class, classify, grade, group, index, label, letter, pigeonhole, range, rank, rate, refer, size, sort, staple, subsume, tabulate), certificar (acknowledge, attest, authenticate, certificate, confirm, indent, state, testify, warrant), atestado (acknowledgement, acknowledgment, attest, certificate, testimonial, testimony, verification). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

sumar (abstract, compendious, concise, epitome, hasty, resume, sketchy, summarily, summary), rezumat (abridgement, abridgment, abstract, argument, brief, capsule, compendium, conclusion, digest, epitome, recapitulation, resume, sketch, summary, synopsis), registru de procese, fişã care indicã conţinutul documentelor, etichetã (ceremony, courtesy, decorum, etiquette, label, stamp, tag, ticket), certificat de platã a taxelor vamale, agendã de birou. (various references)

   

Russian 

  

этикетка (label, price ticket, tag, tally), список дел (calendar), надпись на документе, надпись (circumscription, inscription, inserption, lettering, scripture, superscription), делать надпись. (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

rezime sudske presude, etiketa (etiquette, label, strap on tin, tag, ticket). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

sumario (argument, brief, buildup, summary). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

sammanfattning (comprehension, epitome, summary, summing up, summing-up, synops, synopsis), inregistrera (enrol, enroll, file, record, register), innehållsförteckning (index, table of contents), förteckning över domslut, förse med innehållsförteckning, förse med adresslapp, föredragningslista (agenda, order paper), adresslapp (dispatch note, label). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

duruşma listesi, listeye kaydetmek, iş listesi, gündem (agenda, appointment book, journal, order book), gümrük makbuzu, etiketlemek (label, stamp, tag, ticket), etiket (etiquette, flag, label, sticker, tab, tag, tally, ticket), bekleyen davalar listesine kaydetmek, adres etiketi (address tag), özet olarak deftere geçirmek. (various references)

   

Ukrainian

  

квитанція про сплату мита, маркірувати, етикетка (label, sticker). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Docket

Derivations

Words beginning with "docket": docketed, docketing, dockets. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Docket" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: dacket, dickerty, dickety, dickite, dickity, dickwit, Doccia, docet, docka, Dockar, docke, docken, Dockertz, Dockett, Docko, Dockree, Docksey, Doclea, Dokken, domkat, Dowcett, duccet, Duckek, Ducket, dukket, mocket. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Docket"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "docket" (pronounced dÄ"kut)
4-Ä" k u tpocket, rocket, socket, sprocket.
3-k u taftermarket, advocate, affricate, basket, Becket, biscuit, blanket, breadbasket, brisket, bucket, casket, certificate, circuit, cricket, hypermarket, delicate, duplicate, etiquette, gasket, indelicate, intricate, jacket, junket, market, microcircuit, musket, Newmarket, packet, patriarchate, picket, pickpocket, premarket, racket, racquet, remarket, silicate, skyrocket, straitjacket, syndicate, thicket, ticket, tourniquet, trinket, triplicate, tunicate, upmarket, wastebasket, wicket.

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Docket

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "c-d-e-k-o-t"

-1 letter: coked, coted, toked.

-2 letters: code, coed, coke, cote, deck, deco, dock, dote, keto, toed, toke.

-3 letters: cod, cot, doc, doe, dot, ode, oke, ted, tod, toe.

-4 letters: de, do, ed, et, od, oe, to.

 Words containing the letters "c-d-e-k-o-t"
 

+1 letter: dockets, stocked, trocked.

 

+2 letters: diestock, docketed, pocketed, rocketed, socketed, stockade.

 

+3 letters: crocketed, diestocks, docketing, feedstock, headstock, outcooked, outkicked, outrocked, restocked, stockaded, stockades, tictocked.

 

+4 letters: bootlicked, cocktailed, crookedest, dockmaster, feedstocks, headstocks, jackbooted, outslicked, outtricked, politicked, stockinged, stockpiled, ticktocked.

 

+5 letters: backstopped, blacktopped, bucktoothed, dockmasters, interlocked, overstocked, pitchforked, skyrocketed, spatterdock, stockholder, trickledown.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Commercial
5. Images: Slideshow
6. Quotations: Historic
7. Quotations: Non-fiction
8. Usage Frequency
9. Expressions
10. Expressions: Internet
11. Translations: Modern
12. Abbreviations
13. Acronyms
14. Derivations
15. Rhymes
16. Anagrams
17. Bibliography


  

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