docket


2docket

verb

Definition of DOCKET

transitive verb
1
: to place on the docket for legal action
2
: to make a brief abstract of (as a legal matter) and inscribe it in a list
3
: to inscribe (as a document) with an identifying statement

First Known Use of DOCKET

1615

Other Legal Terms

actionable, alienable, carceral, chattel, complicity, decedent, larceny, malfeasance, modus operandi

Rhymes with DOCKET

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