DOCKET (perhaps from "

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• DOCK

dock," to curtail or cut

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• SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

short, with the diminutive suffix et, but the origin of the word is obscure; it has come into use since the 15th

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• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century)  , in law, a brief summary or digest of a case, or a memorandum of legal decisions; also the alphabetical list of cases down for trial, or of suits pending . Such cases are said to be " on the docket." In commercial use, a docket is a warrant from the custom-house, stating that the duty on goods entered has been paid, or the label fastened to goods, showing their destination, value, contents, &c., and, generally, any indorsement on the back of a document, briefly setting out its contents .