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to docket

to docket

1 8.4
To put a case or document on an official court list
  • verb
  • /ˈdɑːkɪt/
  • Formal
translation icon : registrar en
  • If we check the fall index this has not been docketed.
  • docketed cases

Examples

  • Pewpie was docketed to be on our show today, but unfortunately he cancelled brutally, thoughtlessly on the last minute.

  • Last fiscal year, the agency docketed 33 cases for further investigation.

  • The EPA had gone the extra mile to honor this requirement by docketing all written comments it had received as well as most oral meetings.

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  • Judgment was docketed by the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit Court, requesting immediate relief for anyone on the petition.

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  • A class action suit should be filed against JCP&L and the Board of Utilities if for no other reason than to have it docketed and duly noted as a matter of record.

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  • A motion for summary judgment was docketed by the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit Court, requesting immediate relief for anyone on the petition.

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  • The petition was docketed by the NRC on February 17, 2012, and assigned Docket No. PRM-50-104.

  • During the first six months of the current fiscal year, the agency has already docketed 56 cases, Davis said.

Synonyms

to file
vsto docket
  • Formal
∞ 3.7

To officially give a document to a court or other authority

records items into an official list or schedule for tracking
to manifest
vsto docket
  • Formal
16 7.5

To officially list people and goods for a ship or plane

is used to enter cases or documents onto legal lists or schedules

Surface Forms

docket infinitive
docketed past
docketed past participle
docketing present participle
dockets third person singular

Etymology

Docket as a verb comes from the same idea of making a 'short note' about a case. To docket something is to put it on the official list or schedule so it will be recorded and handled.