docket

noun dock·et \ ˈdä-kət \

|Updated on: 19 Jun 2018

Examples: docket in a Sentence

Definition of docket

1 : a brief written summary of a document : abstract

2 a (1) : a formal abridged record of the proceedings in a legal action

(2) : a register of such records

b (1) : a list of legal causes to be tried; also : the caseload of a court or judge

(2) : a calendar of business matters to be acted on : agenda

3 : an identifying statement about a document placed on its outer surface or cover

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Examples of docket in a Sentence

The judge had to postpone some of the cases on the docket.
on the Broadway docket for the early part of this season

Recent Examples of docket from the Web

In 2016, cases from Turkey ranked second-highest, accounting for 16 percent of the court’s docket, with some 12,600 cases.

— filiz kahraman, Washington Post, "Why Turkey’s human rights violations won’t end up in court," 12 June 2018
Also on the docket this summer -- in both chambers -- are large opioids packages, water infrastructure legislation and a package of spending bills, the latter of which faces a September 30 deadline to avoid a government shutdown.

— ashley killough, CNN, "How Congress plans to spend its summer," 25 May 2018
At the news conference, the groups urged Supervisor Kristin Gaspar, who is running for a congressional seat as well as serving on the board, not to put the item on the docket for discussion.

— greg moran, sandiegouniontribune.com, "Groups urge 'no' vote on county joining Trump lawsuit targeting sanctuary laws," 10 Apr. 2018
No filing could immediately be found in the court docket.

— michael klein, Philly.com, "Garces announces sale of restaurant company, enters bankruptcy," 2 May 2018
The court docket does not list a defense attorney for Lubin, who lived in a home in the Shorecrest neighborhood of Miami's Upper Eastside.

— david ovalle, miamiherald, "Florida man sexually fondled dog, cops say, and it was caught on video | Miami Herald," 27 Apr. 2018
Elsewhere on various court dockets this past week, the ex-Playboy playmate and alleged Trump paramour Karen MacDougal reached an agreement with American Media and can now tell all of us every lurid detail of their 10-month romance.

— lynn yaeger, Vogue, "Who's Afraid of Mr. Magoo?," 22 Apr. 2018
Court records don't list an attorney for Bowen, and no one responded to a message sent to a phone number listed for him on a court docket.

— CBS News, "Youth evangelist reportedly arrested on child sex charges," 12 Apr. 2018
Now, their cases remain on the court docket unless the judge closes the case over government opposition.

— jeremy mckinney, Fortune, "Commentary: America's Immigration Court System Is in Trouble," 11 Apr. 2018

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