DOCKET, in law, a brief summary of a case, or a memoran dum 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 commerce 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, etc., and, generally, any endorsement on the back of a document, briefly stating its contents.