DOCKET
docket,n.1. A formal record in which a judge or court clerk briefly notes all the proceedings
and filings in a court case <review the docket to determine the filing date>. — Also termed
judicial record; bench docket; docket sheet. [Cases: Appeal and Error 493–543; Criminal Law
1086.1–1088.20. C.J.S. Appeal and Error §§ 440–457; Criminal Law § 1688; Justices of the Peace
§ 236.]
appearance docket.A list of the parties and lawyers participating in an action, together with a
brief abstract of the successive steps in the action. [Cases: Appearance 5; Federal Civil
Procedure 561. C.J.S. Appearances § 17.]
judgment docket.A book that a court clerk keeps for the entry or recordation of judgments,
giving official notice of existing judgment liens to interested parties. — Also termed judgment
book; judgment file; judgment record; judgment roll. [Cases: Judgment 277, 284. C.J.S.
Judgments §§ 130, 132.]
2. A schedule of pending cases <the case is third on Monday’s trial docket>. — Also termed
court calendar; cause list; trial calendar. [Cases: Criminal Law 632(2); Federal Civil Procedure
1991; Trial 9(1). C.J.S. Criminal Law § 1144; Trial §§ 61–62, 79.]
DWOP docket.A list of cases that the court has set for possible dismissal for want of
prosecution. — Also termed doowop docket; DLOP docket. See dismissal for want of prosecution
under DISMISSAL(1).
preferred docket.A list of cases set for trial, arranged in order of priority. • Criminal cases are,
for example, generally given precedence over civil cases on the preferred docket because of the
constitutional right to a speedy trial. [Cases: Criminal Law 632(2); Trial 13. C.J.S. Criminal
Law § 1144; Trial §§ 77, 81–90.]
3.DOCKET CALL <the agreed judgment was signed at the court’s uncontested docket call on
May 24>.4.Parliamentary law. A list of each motion, report, election, and other business that
awaits a deliberative assembly’s consideration, from which a board or officer prepares and
circulates an agenda for each meeting or for a series of upcoming meetings <in planning the
meeting, the chair worked from an exhaustive docket>. See AGENDA. 5. A written abstract that
provides specific information (usu. about something attached); esp., a label <check the docket to
determine the goods’ destination and value>.6.Hist. A notary’s attestation at the end of a deed or
other instrument; esp., the attestation at the end of an instrument of seisin. — Also spelled docquet.
See MANU ALIENA.
docket,vb.1. To make a brief entry in the docket of the proceedings and filings in a court case
<to docket the filing date>.2. To abstract and enter in a book <to docket a judgment>.3. To
schedule (a case) for trial or some other event <the case was docketed for a May trial>.
docket,n.1. A formal record in which a judge or court clerk briefly notes all the proceedings
and filings in a court case <review the docket to determine the filing date>. — Also termed
judicial record; bench docket; docket sheet. [Cases: Appeal and Error 493–543; Criminal Law
1086.1–1088.20. C.J.S. Appeal and Error §§ 440–457; Criminal Law § 1688; Justices of the Peace
§ 236.]
appearance docket.A list of the parties and lawyers participating in an action, together with a
brief abstract of the successive steps in the action. [Cases: Appearance 5; Federal Civil
Procedure 561. C.J.S. Appearances § 17.]
judgment docket.A book that a court clerk keeps for the entry or recordation of judgments,
giving official notice of existing judgment liens to interested parties. — Also termed judgment
book; judgment file; judgment record; judgment roll. [Cases: Judgment 277, 284. C.J.S.
Judgments §§ 130, 132.]
2. A schedule of pending cases <the case is third on Monday’s trial docket>. — Also termed
court calendar; cause list; trial calendar. [Cases: Criminal Law 632(2); Federal Civil Procedure
1991; Trial 9(1). C.J.S. Criminal Law § 1144; Trial §§ 61–62, 79.]
DWOP docket.A list of cases that the court has set for possible dismissal for want of
prosecution. — Also termed doowop docket; DLOP docket. See dismissal for want of prosecution
under DISMISSAL(1).
preferred docket.A list of cases set for trial, arranged in order of priority. • Criminal cases are,
for example, generally given precedence over civil cases on the preferred docket because of the
constitutional right to a speedy trial. [Cases: Criminal Law 632(2); Trial 13. C.J.S. Criminal
Law § 1144; Trial §§ 77, 81–90.]
3.DOCKET CALL <the agreed judgment was signed at the court’s uncontested docket call on
May 24>.4.Parliamentary law. A list of each motion, report, election, and other business that
awaits a deliberative assembly’s consideration, from which a board or officer prepares and
circulates an agenda for each meeting or for a series of upcoming meetings <in planning the
meeting, the chair worked from an exhaustive docket>. See AGENDA. 5. A written abstract that
provides specific information (usu. about something attached); esp., a label <check the docket to
determine the goods’ destination and value>.6.Hist. A notary’s attestation at the end of a deed or
other instrument; esp., the attestation at the end of an instrument of seisin. — Also spelled docquet.
See MANU ALIENA.
docket,vb.1. To make a brief entry in the docket of the proceedings and filings in a court case
<to docket the filing date>.2. To abstract and enter in a book <to docket a judgment>.3. To
schedule (a case) for trial or some other event <the case was docketed for a May trial>.[Blacks Law 8th]