Docket (Verb)
Meaning 1
Make a summary or abstract of a legal document and inscribe it in a list.
Classification
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing.
Examples
- The clerk was tasked with docketing all of the court's upcoming cases for the week.
- A summary of the contract was docketed in the firm's records for future reference.
- The lawyer requested that the assistant docket the new pleadings filed with the court.
- To avoid mistakes, all documents must be carefully docketed in the case file before the hearing.
- The legal team docketed all the trial exhibits in numerical order as required by the judge.
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Meaning 2
Place on the docket for legal action; "Only 5 of the 120 cases docketed were tried".
Classification
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing.
Examples
- The judge agreed to docket the new case for trial next month.
- Only 5 of the 120 cases docketed were tried within the year.
- The court will docket all urgent cases for an expedited review process.
- Several key witnesses were scheduled to testify after their cases were docketed.
- Hundreds of outstanding warrants docketed in previous years remain unresolved.