docket
- noun
- /ˈdɑːkɪt/
- Formal
- 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.
- Okay, back to Kelly's court on the docket today.
- So Pete goes and comes back and he says, I had my mom pulled the docket sheet and he said they're suing.
- Hunter Biden, Steve Bannon and Amber Heard all on the docket.
- All right, what else do we have on the what else do we have on the docket for today?
Examples
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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.
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What's on the docket today?
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First item on the docket.
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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.
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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
A list of things to talk about or do at a meeting
A plan that shows when events and tasks will happen
A list of planned events like appointments or meetings
Surface Forms
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.