Dŏck'et1, n.
n. [From dock, to cut off a part. Norm. Fr. & O. Eng. docquet. Cf. COCKET.]
Sense 1. A small piece of paper or parchment, containing the heads of a writing; a summary or digest.
Sense 2. A bill tied to goods, containing some direction, as the name of the owner, or the place to which they are to be sent; a label. See TICKET. Bailey.
Sense 3. (Law.) (a.) An abridged entry of a judgment or proceeding in an action, or a list or register of such entries; a book of original entries, kept by clerks of courts, containing a formal list of the names of parties, and minutes of the proceedings, in each case in court. (b.) (U. S.) A list or calendar of causes ready for hearing or trial, prepared for the use of courts by the clerks. Burrill.
Sense 4. A list or calendar of business matters to be acted on in any assembly.
To strike a docket, to give a bond to the lord chancellor, engaging to prove a debtor to be a bankrupt, whereupon a commission of bankruptcy is taken out against the debtor; — said of a creditor. [Eng.] Smart.—On the docket, in hand; under consideration; in process of execution or performance. [Colloq.]