Download or read book Docket Books of the Vermont Supreme Court Meeting in Orleans County written by Vermont. Supreme Court and published by . This book was released on 1821 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The series consists largely of Orleans County supreme court dockets, and includes two judges' dockets, one jury list docket, and two general term dockets. Court dockets, kept by the court clerk, are court calendars which record all cases in order for each court term, assigning a unique number to each case. Docket entries include plaintiff and defendant, attorneys, jury members, and a brief summary of action taking place that court term. Entries often include court costs for a case. Early dockets also include jury lists, admissions to the supreme court bar and court administrative costs. Beginning in 1848, dockets are indexed by plaintiff. Until 1842, the chancery court docket comprises the last section of the supreme court docket. The two judges' dockets in this series appear to be identical to the court dockets kept by the court clerk. The jury list docket records grand and petit jurors for the covered court terms. The two general term dockets, which list cases heard from several counties, include handwritten entries for the Orleans County cases which are similar to those found in the regular court dockets.