preferred docket

A list of cases set for trial, arranged in order of priority.

• Criminal cases are, for example, generally given precedence over civil cases on the preferred docket because of the constitutional right to a speedy trial. [Cases: Criminal Law 632(2); Trial 13. C.J.S. Criminal Law § 1144; Trial §§ 77, 81–90.]

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