Dockdues

pl. See DOCKAGE. Docket, ( dok'et,) n. [Dim. of dock, to curtail.] A small piece of paper, or vellum, containing the heads of a writing; a digest; a summary. A label, or ticket, tied to goods, to denote the addre to which they are destined. See TICKET. ( Law .) A formal record of judicial proceedings; a brief writing. In common use, it is the name given to the book containing an entry in brief of all the important acts done in court in the conduct of each case from its commencement to its end. It is kept by the clerk or prothonotary of the court. On the docket, in hand; in proce of execution. -v.n. To make a digest or summary of the heads of a writing or writings; to abstract and enter in a book; as, to docket a will. To enter in a docket; to note the nature of the contents of a document on the back of it; as, to docket busine -letters. To mark or indorse with a docket.