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.]

Docket \Dock"et\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Docketed}; p. pr. & vb.
   n. {Docketing}.]
   1. To make a brief abstract of (a writing) and indorse it on
      the back of the paper, or to indorse the title or contents
      on the back of; to summarize; as, to docket letters and
      papers. --Chesterfield.

   2. (Law)
      (a) To make a brief abstract of and inscribe in a book;
          as, judgments regularly docketed.
      (b) To enter or inscribe in a docket, or list of causes
          for trial.

   3. To mark with a ticket; as, to docket goods.

Source : WordNet®

docket
     n 1: (law) the calendar of a court; the list of cases to be tried
          or a summary of the court's activities
     2: a temporally organized plan for matters to be attended to
        [syn: {agenda}, {schedule}]
     v 1: place on the docket for legal action; "Only 5 of the 120
          cases docketed were tried"
     2: make a summary or abstract of a legal document and inscribe
        it in a list