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   docket

   /ˈdɒkɪt/

   noun

   • 1. a document or label listing the contents of a consignment or package. British
   • ▪ a customs warrant certifying that duty has been paid on goods entering a country.
   • ▪ a voucher entitling the holder to receive or obtain delivery of goods ordered.
   • 2. a list of cases for trial or people having cases pending: North American "one new case on the docket from Florida"
   • ▪ an agenda or list of things to be done.

   verb

   • 1. mark (a consignment or package) with a document or label listing the contents: "the clothes would be handed in and neatly docketed"
   • ▪ annotate (a letter or document) with a brief summary of its contents: "he docketed the letter on the back in his distinctive writing"
   • 2. enter (a case) on a list of those due to be heard: North American "the case may be docketed for the fall term"

   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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