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docket

docket

56 8.0
A list of court cases scheduled to be heard
  • noun
  • /ˈdɑːkɪt/
  • Formal
translation icon : calendario de vistas
  • In part, judges are limited by docket constraints, which allow only a short window to inquire into the contemnor's finances.
  • a court docket
  • cases on the docket
  • docket number

Okay, back to Kelly's court on the docket today.

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Examples

  • The client on the docket was a middle-aged woman who lived alone with her young son.

    Academic text (2009)
  • The charges were still on the court's docket and would remain there for at least eighteen months.

    Academic text (2017)
  • We will now take up the criminal docket.

  • What's on the docket today?

  • First item on the docket.

  • Remove all criminal matters from Halverson's docket, on recommendation by that committee.

    Academic text (2007)
  • I studied a printout of the Supreme Court docket.

  • If contempt hearings consumed more of the judges' docket, those other cases would suffer.

    Academic text (2017)
  • Long delays for court docket time prolong the agony for parents and children.

    Academic text (2017)
  • The judge reviewed the upcoming cases on the docket before the trial began.

Synonyms

agenda
vsdocket
2.3

A list of things to talk about or do at a meeting

is specific to official cases and matters rather than meeting topics
schedule
vsdocket
1.6

A plan that shows when events and tasks will happen

is specific to official cases and matters rather than general timing
calendar
vsdocket
168 1.0

A list of planned events like appointments or meetings

is specific to official cases and matters in court settings

Surface Forms

docket singular
dockets plural

Etymology

Docket started as a word for a 'small written note' used to mark a file or case. So a docket is like a short document that lists the cases or matters to be dealt with.