It is a gavel. It is also the sword of justice.
2006-11-04 20:34:21
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answered by pj_gal 5
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It's called a gavel. It's also sometimes called a mallet. A gavel can also refer to the small mallet or hammer used by the auctioneer to signal the end of bidding on each lot. A gavel is a hammer-like instrument, typically made of wood. It is used by judges and presiding officers to call for silence or to signify the finality of a ruling.
2006-11-04 20:10:32
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answered by Hakim Bin Luqman 2
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its a gavel..
A gavel is a small ceremonial mallet commonly made of hardwood, typically fashioned with a handle and often struck against a sound block to enhance its sounding qualities.
It is used by presiding officers—notably American judges, chairmen, and auctioneers—to call for attention or to punctuate rulings and proclamations. It is customarily struck to indicate the opening and closing of proceedings, giving rise to the phrase "gavel-to-gavel" to describe the entirety of a meeting or session.
By metonymy, the gavel represents the entire judiciary system, especially of judgeship; to "bring down the gavel" means to enforce or compel with the power of a court. It also represents the authority of presiding officers; thus the expression "passing the gavel" signifies an orderly succession from one chair to another.
The origin of the gavel's use, indeed of the word itself, is uncertain; in Middle English it refers to rent or tribute paid to a lord. Masonic organizations used the maul as a symbol as early as the 18th century, through which the hammer may have come to represent meetings and order. Another theory posits that the word is related to the gable of a roof, whose shape may resemble a mallet or gavel.
The image of the gavel is often used erroneously by advertising agencies worldwide to signify legal proceedings in many different jurisdictions, such as England & Wales, where in fact the gavel is never used!!!
2006-11-04 20:14:42
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answered by kozizi 2
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Gavel
2006-11-04 20:20:40
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answered by adams_selwyn 1
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2016-04-22 09:31:47
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answered by Anonymous
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a small wooded hammer called a gavel
2006-11-04 21:22:45
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answered by destine4_69 4
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If you mean the wooden mallet used to make noise -- gavel.
If you mean the judicial pressure used to enforce rules -- police.
2006-11-04 20:04:05
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answered by coragryph 7
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Gavel? not sure on the spelling.
2006-11-04 20:07:49
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answered by Danielle W 2
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A gavel.
2006-11-04 20:04:24
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answered by pbonin99 2
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a gavel
2006-11-04 20:05:17
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answered by Susan M 7
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