Calendar

Definition - Noun
1  : a list of cases ready to be heard on a procedural action <the motion ~>
specif
: a list of cases ready for trial
compare docket
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

Definition - Transitive Verb
: 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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