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  • 21docket — /dok it/, n., v., docketed, docketing. n. 1. Also called trial docket. a list of cases in court for trial, or the names of the parties who have cases pending. 2. Chiefly Brit. a. an official memorandum or entry of proceedings in a legal cause. b …

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  • 22docket — 1. noun 1) he opened a new docket for the account Syn: file, dossier, folder 2) I looked my name up on the docket Syn: list, index; schedule, agenda, program, timetable 2. verb …

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  • 23docket — n. agenda on the docket * * * [ dɒkɪt] [ agenda ] on the docket …

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  • 24docket — UK [ˈdɒkɪt] / US [ˈdɑkət] noun [countable] Word forms docket : singular docket plural dockets 1) a document that gives information about what is inside something such as a parcel 2) legal American a list of the cases that are waiting to be… …

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  • 25docket fee — An attorney s fee, of a fixed sum, chargeable with or as a part of the costs of the action, for the attorney of the successful party; so called because chargeable on the docket, not as a fee for making docket entries …

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  • 26docket fee — An attorney s fee, of a fixed sum, chargeable with or as a part of the costs of the action, for the attorney of the successful party; so called because chargeable on the docket, not as a fee for making docket entries …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 27docket — I. noun Etymology: Middle English doggette Date: 15th century 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 …

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  • 28docket — 1. noun /ˈdɒkɪt/ a) A short entry of the proceedings of a court; the register containing them; the office containing the register. b) A schedule of cases awaiting action in a court. 2 …

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  • 29Docket — This unusual name is of early medieval Northern English and Scottish origin, found particularly in Aberdeenshire. The modern surname derives from a nickname probably bestowed on someone with the reputation of a do gooder , a well intentioned… …

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  • 30docket — dock|et [ˈdɔkıt US ˈda: ] n [Date: 1400 1500; Origin: Perhaps from DOCK22,4] 1.) technical a short document giving details of goods that are delivered 2.) AmE law a list of legal cases that will be heard in a particular court 3.) AmE a list of… …

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