English Reference
Noun

docket

n.
C2 Proficiency US /ˈdɑkət/ UK /dˈɒkɪt/ dock·et UK spelling docketed, dockets Law

n.a list of cases or legal matters that a judge or court is handling. It is like a schedule of everything that needs to be decided.

n.a list of legal cases or matters scheduled for hearing or trial. Often used in the context of a court's calendar or a judge's daily schedule.


SIMPLE

The judge reviewed the docket before the morning session.

CONTEXTUAL

The court clerk updated the docket to reflect the new deadlines for the upcoming civil trials.

COMPLEX

Legal scholars often analyze the docket of the Supreme Court to predict which cases will be heard during the next term and how the justices might rule.

The study in JAMA Network Open examined all 246,808 comments submitted to FDA dockets and found that 97% of comments on the menthol rule and 93% on the cigar rule were form letters.

Phys.org· 20 Aug 2026

It opened with a motion to “Proceed in Fictitious Name”—which was denied—and has since sprawled across 125 docket entries and a highly unusual third amended complaint.

Ars Technica· 31 Jul 2026

Uncertain; perhaps a diminutive of dock.

Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Level C2 · Proficiency
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