The difference between Calendar and Docket

When used as nouns, calendar means any system by which time is divided into days, weeks, months, and years, whereas docket means a summary.

When used as verbs, calendar means to set a date for a proceeding in court, usually done by a judge at a calendar call, whereas docket means to enter or inscribe in a docket, or list of causes for trial.


check bellow for the other definitions of Calendar and Docket

  1. Calendar as a noun:

    Any system by which time is divided into days, weeks, months, and years.

    Examples:

    "The three principal calendars are the Gregorian, Jewish, and Islamic calendars."

  2. Calendar as a noun:

    A means to determine the date consisting of a document containing dates and other temporal information.

    Examples:

    "Write his birthday on the calendar hanging on the wall."

  3. Calendar as a noun:

    A list of planned events.

    Examples:

    "The club has a busy calendar this year."

  4. Calendar as a noun:

    An orderly list or enumeration of persons, things, or events; a schedule.

    Examples:

    "a calendar of bills presented in a legislative assemblly; a calendar of causes arranged for trial in court"

  5. Calendar as a noun (US):

    An appointment book (US), appointment diary (UK)

  1. Calendar as a verb (legal):

    To set a date for a proceeding in court, usually done by a judge at a calendar call.

    Examples:

    "The judge agreed to calendar a hearing for pretrial motions for the week of May 15, but did not agree to calendar the trial itself on a specific date."

  2. Calendar as a verb:

    To enter or write in a calendar; to register.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Waterhouse"

  1. Docket as a noun (obsolete):

    A summary; a brief digest.

  2. Docket as a noun (legal):

    A short entry of the proceedings of a court; the register containing them; the office containing the register.

  3. Docket as a noun (legal):

    A schedule of cases awaiting action in a court.

  4. Docket as a noun:

    An agenda of things to be done.

  5. Docket as a noun:

    A ticket or label fixed to something, showing its contents or directions to its use.

  6. Docket as a noun (Australia):

    A receipt.

  1. Docket as a verb (transitive):

    To enter or inscribe in a docket, or list of causes for trial.

  2. Docket as a verb (transitive):

    To label a parcel, etc.

    Examples:

    "to docket goods"

  3. Docket as a verb (transitive):

    To make a brief abstract of (a writing) and endorse it on the back of the paper, or to endorse the title or contents on the back of; to summarize.

    Examples:

    "to docket letters and papers"

    "rfquotek Chesterfield"

  4. Docket as a verb (transitive):

    To make a brief abstract of and inscribe in a book.

    Examples:

    "judgments regularly docketed"

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