\Dock"et\, n. [Dock to cut off + dim. suffix -et.]
1. A small piece of paper or parchment, containing the heads
   of a writing; a summary or digest.
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. --Bailey.
3. (Law)
   (a) An abridged entry of a judgment or proceeding in an
       action, or register or such entries; a book of
       original, 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.
4. A list or calendar of business matters to be acted on in
   any assembly.
{On the docket}, in hand; in the plan; under consideration;
   in process of execution or performance. [Colloq.]

\Dock"et\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Docketed}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Docketing}.]
1. To make a brief abstract of (a writing) and indorse it on
   the back of the paper, or to indorse the title or contents
   on the back of; to summarize; as, to docket letters and
   papers. --Chesterfield.
2. (Law)
   (a) To make a brief abstract of and inscribe in a book;
       as, judgments regularly docketed.
   (b) To enter or inscribe in a docket, or list of causes
       for trial.
3. To mark with a ticket; as, to docket goods.