Docert

n. A minute, abstract, or brief entry; or the book containing such entries. A small piece of paper or parchment having the effect of a larger. Blount.

In practice. A forinal record, entered in brief, of the proceedings in a court of justice, A book containing an entry 1n brief of all the important acts done in court in the con- The docket of judgments is a brief writing or statement of a judgment made from the record or roll, generally kept in books, alphabetically arranged, by the elerk of the court or county clerk. 1 Bradf. Sur. 343. The name of “dockat” or “trial docket” is sometimes given to the list or calendar of causes set to be tried at a specified term, prepared by the clerks for the use of the court and bar. In the practice of some of the states there are several species of dockets, such as the “appearance docket,” “judgment docket,” “execution docket,” etc., each containing a brief record of the class of proceedings indicated by its name,