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DOCKET FEE Definition & Legal Meaning

Definition & Citations:

An attorney’s fee, of a fixed sum. chargeable with oras a part of the costs of the action, for the attorney of the successful party ; so calledbecause chargeable on the docket, not as a fee for making docket entries. Bank v. Neill,13 Mont. 377. 34 Pac. 1 SO: Goodyear v. Sawyer (C. C.) 17 Fed. 2.

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