English-German translations for gavel

• Auktionshammer
• Hammer der
  Ich werde nicht mit meinem Hammer auf den Tisch klopfen, ich werde nicht bitten, und ich will nicht missverstanden werden. I will not bang my gavel, I will not beg and I do not want to be misunderstood.
  Da müssten Sie schon den Hammer schwingen, damit die sich hinsetzen. If you wanted to get them to sit down, you ought to have wielded the gavel.
  Deshalb habe ich Sie - obwohl die Uhr es angezeigt hat - nicht mit dem Hammer darauf hingewiesen. That is why - in spite of what the clock said - I did not use the gavel to stop you.
• Hammer Richterhammer Auktionshammer der
• Richterhammer

Definition of gavel

• Rent
• An old Saxon and Welsh form of tenure by which an estate passed, on the holder's death, to all the sons equally
• To divide or distribute according to the gavel system
• A wooden mallet, used by a courtroom judge, or by a committee chairman, struck against a sounding block to quieten those present, or by an auctioneer to accept the highest bid at auction
• The legal system as a whole
• To use a gavel
• A small heap of grain, not tied up into a bundle
• A gable

Examples

• The judge gavelled for order in the courtroom after the defendant burst out with a confession

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