A terminal research degree and one of the highest doctorates awarded by a university.

Quality of being docile; docility.

(law) In the law of evidence, a document which is admissible as an exception to the hearsay rule, and which is considered self-authenticating, because it is older than a certain age (usually twenty years) and in a condition that makes it free from suspicion concerning its authenticity, and was found in a place where such a writing was likely to be kept.

(law) A rule applied in United States trademark under which foreign words are translated into English to determine whether they are registrable as trademarks, or are either descriptive or confusingly similar with existing marks.

(nautical) The act of docking. / (nautical) A charge levied for docking.

An identity document issued by a government or international treaty organization to facilitate the movement of individuals or small groups of persons across international boundaries, such as a passport.

A policy which stated that the Soviet Union had the right to intervene in places where capitalism threatened communism.

By means of documents.

(in some German universities) A lecturer who may teach without supervision by a professor

(obsolete) Teachableness; docility.