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   dock·et

   /ˈdäkət/

   noun

   • 1. a calendar or list of cases for trial or people having cases pending. North American
   • ▪ an agenda or list of things to be done.
   • 2. a document or label listing the contents of a package or delivery.

   verb

   • 1. enter (a case or suit) onto a list of those due to be heard: North American "the case will go to the Supreme Court, and may be docketed for the fall term"
   • 2. mark (goods or a package) with a document or label listing the contents.
   • ▪ annotate (a letter or document) with a brief summary of its contents: "he docketed the letter on the back in his distinctive writing"

   Word Origin late 15th century: perhaps from dock2. The word originally denoted a short summary or abstract; hence, in the early 18th century, ‘a document giving particulars of a consignment’.

   Scrabble Points: 13

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