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On the docket

Docket \Dock"et\, n. [Dock to cut off + dim. suffix -et.]

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

  2. 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.

  3. (Law)

    1. 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.

    2. (U. S.) A list or calendar of causes ready for hearing or trial, prepared for the use of courts by the clerks.

  4. 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.]

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on the docket

prep.phr. in hand; under consideration, or in process of execution or performance

Usage examples of "on the docket".

Since Werwal's case was second on the docket before Reynol, Kharl had time to eat breakfast before heading to the Hall of Justice-if he hurried.

I was already on the docket for a half-dozen vampire fatalities, what was one more?

Their complaints, too, would not come up on the docket before he left.

The assistant district attorney, Catherine Fitzgibbon, knew that Pittman was on the docket and she asked me to meet with her for lunch.

There were at least five of them at Trumble, and they seemed to be on the docket all the time.

After it's on the docket-and it will be onhis docket-we can confer in chambers.