docket

(noun)

A short entry of the proceedings of a court; the register containing them; the office containing the register.

Related Terms

  • adjourn
  • town meeting

Examples of docket in the following topics:

  • The 18th Amendment

    • Prisons were jam-packed and court dockets were behind in trying to deal with the rapid surge in crimes.
  • Legislative Agendas

    • An agenda may also be called a "docket. "
  • Two Judicial Revolutions: The Rehnquist Court and the Roberts Court

    • He also successfully lobbied Congress in 1988 to give the Court control of its own docket, cutting back mandatory appeals an certiorari grants in general.
  • Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission

    • The Supreme Court docketed the case on August 18, 2008 and heard oral argument on March 24, 2009.
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