Oklahoma Code § 12-23

Title 12. Civil Procedure: Appearance docket
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On the appearance docket he shall enter all actions in the order
in which they are brought, the date of the summons, the time of the
return thereof by the officer, and his return thereon, the time of
filing the petition, and all subsequent pleadings and papers, and an
abstract of all judgments and orders of the court.  An abstract
shall contain a very brief description of the order or judgment
rendered.  It must not be encumbered with a detailed recital of the
terms.  Proceedings other than those which culminated in an order or
judgment shall not be abstracted into the appearance docket.  Either
the judge or the clerk may prepare an appearance docket entry in the
form of a minute, or the content of the entry may be dictated either
by the judge or the clerk into an electronic recording device.  The
clerk shall transcribe onto the appearance docket all minute entries
made and all the electronically-recorded abstracts.

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