The word 'docket' can mean:
★ A brief summary of a
document, also called an abstract.
★ A listing of items that an organization plans on discussing, also called an
agenda.
★ The official schedule of proceedings in
lawsuits pending in a
court of law. The term originally referred to the large folio books in which clerks recorded all filings and court proceedings for each case. Rules of
civil procedure often state that the court clerk shall record specific bits of information "on the docket" when a specific event occurs. Today, in most industrialized countries, such records have been computerized. The term is also sometimes used informally to refer to a
court calendar or caseload as a whole.
★ An invoice or order, often written in duplicate.
★ A small electric entrance key.
★ In
Australian English, a generic term for any kind of shopping
receipt or
voucher.