Docket (court)

Imagine you and your friends want to play a game of tag. You all agree to write your names on a list and decide who will be "it" first, and in what order everyone will take turns being "it." This list is like a docket in a court.

In a court, when people have disagreements or problems that they can't solve, they go to a judge to decide what's fair. Just like in the game of tag, there can be lots of people involved in a court case. The docket is a list of all the cases that will be heard by the judge that day.

When you're on the docket, it means your case is scheduled to be heard. Each case on the docket has a number, just like your name on the tag list. The judge looks at the docket before court starts to see what cases are coming up so they can be prepared.

Once a case is on the docket, it's important that everyone shows up on time because the judge doesn't want to wait for anyone. They might call a case and if the people involved don't show up, they might get in trouble or lose the case.

So, to sum it up, a docket is like a list or schedule of cases that will be heard in a court, just like a tag list decides who is "it" next.