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English
Etymology
Unknown.
Noun
en-noun
- A wooden mallet, used by a judge in a courtroom, or a chairman of a committee, struck against a sounding block to quiet the rabble down.
- figurative The legal system as a whole.
Translations
trans-top|wooden mallet
Finnish: nuija
Spanish: mazo m, martillo m
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Swedish: klubba c, ordförandeklubba c
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Verb
en-verb|gavell|ing
- To use a gavel.
#:The judge gavelled for order in the courtroom after the defendent burst out with a confession.
Translations
trans-top|To use a gavel
Finnish: nuijia
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Spanish: dar mazazos, dar martillazos
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Swedish
Noun
sv-noun-reg-ar|sg-nom-defgaveln|2gavl
gavel c
#gable, a short wall of a building
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