Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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)
      (a) 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.
      (b) (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.]