Docketing

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.


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