DOCKET

A formal record of judicial proceedings; a brief writing. A small piece of paper or parchment having the effect of a larger. Blount. An abstract. Cowel. To docket is said to be by Blackstone to abstract and enter into a book; 8 Bla. Com. 997. The essen- tial idea of a modern docket, then, is an entry in brief in a proper book of all the important acts done in court in the the conduct of each case from its com- mencement to its conclusion. See Colby, Pr. 154. In common use, it is the name given to the book containing these abstracts. The name of trial-dock- et is given to the book containing the cases which are liable to be tried at a specified term of court. The docket should contain the names of the parties and a minute of every proceeding in the case. It is kept by the clerk or prothonotary of the court. The docket entries form the record until the technical record is made up in proper form; 88 Conn. 469; 2 Allen 443; 49 Me. 837; 105 Mass. 90; and this is true of the entries in the docket of a justice of the peace; 18 Pick. 464; 21 Vt. 585. A sheriff's docket is not a record; 98. & R. 91; 1 Bradf. 848.

1, v. To abstract - and enter in a book. See Dock, 1. To enter in a book called a docket. kept with the clerk, in a book alphabetically arranged.1 Such docket affords purchasers and incumbrancers information as to the liens of judgments." Entries in dockets may or may not be "records." They are admissible in evidence when a formal record is not required. See INDEX; JUDGMENT; MINUTES, 1; NOTICE, 1.

craw, 17 How. 434, 15 L. Ed. 118; Bingham vy. Doane, 9 Ohio, 167. “A dock is an artificial basin in connection with a harbor, used for the reception of vessels in the taking on or discharging of their cargoes, and provided with gates for preventing the rise and fall of the waters occasioned by the tides, and keeping a uniform level within the docks.’”’ Perry v. Haines, 191 U. 8S. 17, 24 Sup. Ct. 8, 48 L. Ed. 73. —Dockage. <A charge against vessels for the privilege of mooring to the wharves or in the ape People v. Roberts, 92 Cal. 659, 28 Pac. . _A pecuniary compensation for the use of a dock while a vessel is undergoing repairs. Ives v. The Buckeye State, 13 Fed. Cas. 184. —Dock-master. An officer invested with powers within the docks, and a certain distance therefrom, to direct the mooring and removing of ships, so as to prevent obstruction to the dock entrances. Mozley & Whitley.— Dock warrant. In English law. A warrant given by dock-owners to the owner of merchandise imported and warehoused on the dock, upon the faith of the bills of lading, as a recognition of his title to the goods. It is a negotiable instrument. Pull. Port of London, p. ; DOCKET, v. To abstract and enter ina book. 3 Bl. Comm. 397, 308. To make a brief entry of any proceeding in a court of justice in the docket. DOCKET, nn. A _ minute, abstract, or brief entry; or the book containing such entries. A small piece of paper or parchment having the effect of a larger. Blount. In practice. A formal record, entered in brief, of the proceedings in a court of justice. . A book containing an entry in brief of all the important acts done in court in the conduct of each case, from its inception to its conclusion. Pub. St. Mass. 1882, p. 1290. The name of “docket” or “trial docket” is sometimes given to the list or calendar of causes set to be tried at a specified term, prepared by the clerks for the use of the court’ and bar. _ Kinds of dockets. An appearance docket is one in which the appearances in actions are entered, containing also a brief abstract of the successive steps in each action. A bar docket is an unofficial paper consisting of a transcript of the docket for a term of court, printed for distribution to members of the bar. Gifford v. Cole, 57 Iowa, 272, 10 N. W. 672. An ezecution docket is a list of the executions sued out or pending in the sheriff’s office. A judgment docket is a list or docket of the judgments entered in a given court, methodically roper officer, open to public inspection, and intended to afford official notice to interested parties of the existence or lien of judgments. —Docket 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 mente docket enBank v. Neill, 13 Mont. 377. 34 Pac. 180: Goodyear v. Sawyer (C. C.) 17 Fed. 2.— Docket, striking a. <A phrase formerly used in English bankruptcy practice. It referred to the entry of certain papers at the bankruptcy office, preliminary to the prosecution of the fiat against a trader who had become bankrupt. These papers consisted of the affidavit, the bond, \

A small piece of paper or parchment, containing the heads of a writing; a summary or digest. 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. 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. 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.]

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. To make a brief abstract of and inscribe in a book; as, judgments regularly docketed. To enter or inscribe in a docket, or list of causes for trial. To mark with a ticket; as, to docket goods.

A summary; a brief digest. | A short entry of the proceedings of a court; the register containing them; the office containing the register. | A schedule of cases awaiting action in a court. | An agenda of things to be done. | A ticket or label fixed to something, showing its contents or directions to its use. | A receipt.

To enter or inscribe in a docket, or list of causes for trial. | To label a parcel, etc. | To make a brief abstract of (a writing) and endorse it on the back of the paper, or to endorse the title or contents on the back of; to summarize. | To make a brief abstract of and inscribe in a book.