Rocket Docket - Law Dictionary Search Results
Home Dictionary Name: rocket docketRocket docket
Rocket docket, means an accelerated dispute-resolution process, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1329....
docket
docket [earlier doggette docquet summary, abstract, of unknown origin] 1 a : a formal abridged record of the proceedings (as motions, orders, and judgments) in a legal action [the clerk shall keep a in each case "U.S. Code"] b : a register of such records 2 a : a list of legal actions to be heard by a court [the nearly 500 such cases on court s "Rorie Sherman"] compare calendar b : the caseload of a court [a great part of our consisted of regulatory agency cases "R. H. Bork"] vt : to enter in a docket (as of a case or a court) [closure motions must be ed sufficiently in advance "W. R. LaFave and J. H. Israel"] compare calendar ...
docket number
docket number : the number assigned to a particular case on a court's docket ...
Rocket scientist
a very intelligent person used mostly in the phrases ldquoyou dont have to be a rocket scientist to rdquo and ldquoit doesnt take a rocket scientist to rdquo meaning that the subject that follows is easy to understand...
Docket, Docquet
Docket, Docquet ['fr. tocyn, W., a slip or ticket']...
Congreve rocket
See congreve and cf Rocket...
Rocketer
A bird especially a pheasant which being flushed rises straight in the air like a rocket...
Sea rocket
See under Rocket...
brenschluss
the time at which the engines of a rocket stop firing the termination of the firing of the rocket engines whether due to intentional shutdown of the engines or exhaustion of the fuel This term was used mostly in the early days of rocketry when only one firing sequence occurred for rockets which were used as ballistic missiles or for experiments in rocketry or atmospheric science...
calendar
calendar 1 : a list of cases ready to be heard on a procedural action [the motion ] ;specif : a list of cases ready for trial called also list compare docket NOTE: Generally it is up to the party that wants to go to trial to have a case placed on the calendar. The party must file with the court a notice that the case is ready for trial and that a jury trial, if desired, is demanded. 2 : a list of bills or other items reported out of committee for consideration by a legislative assembly vt : to place (a case) on a calendar [the Appellate Division, Second Department, is now ing civil appeals "New York Law Journal"] compare docket ...
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