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DOCKET

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A temporally organized plan for matters to be attended to

Synonyms:

agenda; docket; schedule

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("docket" is a kind of...):

plan; program; programme (a series of steps to be carried out or goals to be accomplished)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "docket"):

fare; menu (an agenda of things to do)

Sense 2

Meaning:

(law) the calendar of a court; the list of cases to be tried or a summary of the court's activities

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("docket" is a kind of...):

calendar (a list or register of events (appointments or social events or court cases etc))

Domain category:

jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)

Derivation:

docket (make a summary or abstract of a legal document and inscribe it in a list)

docket (place on the docket for legal action)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Make a summary or abstract of a legal document and inscribe it in a list

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "docket" is one way to...):

resume; sum up; summarise; summarize (give a summary (of))

Domain category:

jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

docket ((law) the calendar of a court; the list of cases to be tried or a summary of the court's activities)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Place on the docket for legal action

Example:

Only 5 of the 120 cases docketed were tried

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "docket" is one way to...):

lay; place; pose; position; put; set (put into a certain place or abstract location)

Domain category:

jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

docket ((law) the calendar of a court; the list of cases to be tried or a summary of the court's activities)

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