docket
(redirected from docketed)Also found in: Dictionary, Thesaurus, Encyclopedia.
Docket
A written list of judicial proceedings set down for trial in a court.
To enter the dates of judicial proceedings scheduled for trial in a book kept by a court.
In practice, a docket is a roster that the clerk of the court prepares, listing the cases pending trial.
An appearance docket contains a list of the appearances in actions and a brief abstract of the successive steps in each case.
A judgment docket is a listing of the judgments entered in a particular court that is available to the public for examination. Its purpose is to give official notice of the existence of liens or judgments to interested parties.
A docket fee is a sum of money charged for the docketing of a case or a judgment or a set amount chargeable as part of the costs of the action.
docket
1) n. the cases on a court calendar. 2) n. brief notes, usually written by the court clerk, stating what action was taken that day in court. 3) v. to write down the name of a case to be put on calendar or make notes on action in court.
docket
DOCKET, practice. A formal record of judicial proceedings.
2. The docket should contain the names of the parties, and a minute of
every proceeding in the case. It is kept by the clerk or prothonotary of the
court. A sheriff's docket is not a record. 9 Serg. & R. 91. Docket is also
said to be a brief writing, on a small piece of paper or parchment,
containing the substance of a larger writing.