DOQ1TET, or DOCKET (from the same root as dock, to cut off or clip), a small piece of paper or parchment, containing a brief or summary of a large writing. All attestations or declarations annexed to written instruments are called doquets, more particularly those that are done by a notary. The notarial D. is said to be the most ancient example of fixed style in Europe; and though latterly appropriated to the instrument of sasine, it was formerly common to all solemn instruments. It consisted of a Latin attestation, holograph of the notary, annexed to the notarial instrument prepared by him. The name of the notary was set forth, and the authority mentioned, by which he had been appointed to be a notary. In the case of an instrument of sasine, it stated that he was personally present with the witnesses; that he saw, knew, heard, and noted the circum stances mentioned in the sasine; that he prepared the instrument, and the number of pages it contained. In addition to his subscription, the notary was formerly in use in
Scotland to add his signora, was a flourish of the pen, called a paraph or ruck. Latterly, he only subscribed the document on each page; and on the last page, opposite to the D., he added to his subscription the motto which he had assumed on his admis sion as a notary. The notarial D. of instruments of sasine was superseded by 8 and 9 Viet. c. 35. s. 5.
DOR, or MaxT Don (often written less properly Mont d'Or), a chain of mountains in France comprised in the great group of the Auvergne (q.v.) mountains in the depart ment of Puy-de-Dome. They are clearly of volcanic formation, and rise in the Puy-de Sancy, which is the highest peak of central France, to the height of 6,190 feet.