Striking A Docket
Defined in 4 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
In English practice. Entering the creditor's affidavit and bond in bankruptcy. 1 Deac. Bankr. 106.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
The entry of the petition, bond and affidavit of a creditor in bankruptcy.
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
In English Practice. Entering the creditor’s affidavit and bond in bankruptcy. 1 Deac. Bank. 106.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
In English practice. The first step in the proceedings in bankruptcy, which consists in making affidavit of the debt, and giving a bond to follow up the proceedings with effect. 2 Steph. Comm. 199. When the affidavit and bond' are delivered at the bankrupt office, an entry is made in what is called the "docket-book," upon which the petitioning creditor is said to have struck a docket. Eden, Bankr. 51, 52.