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Gavel

A gavel is a small ceremonial mallet/hammer commonly made of hardwood, typically fashioned with a handle. It can be used to call for attention or to punctuate rulings and proclamations and is a symbol of the authority and right to act officially in the capacity of a presiding officer. It is often struck against a sound block, a striking surface typically…

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Ceremonial mallet
Used with
Sound block

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Etymology

Use in meetings

Use by courts

United States Congress gavels

United Nations

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Gavel

Nodes44
Edges43
Triples60
Avg. degree1.95
Density0.045455
Components1

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Gavel

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related to Use by courts · 16
Gavel → American-influenced TV, An, Commonwealth, Gavels, In Poland, Inner London Crown Court, Ireland, Nations, On, Poland, Second Republic, Second World War, The, Their, United Kingdom, United States
related to United States Congress gavels · 15
Gavel → House, In, India's Vice President Sarvepalli, Indian, It, Later, Nixon, Radhakrishnan, Representatives, Senate, Speaker, The, The Senate, United States Senate, Vice President Richard Nixon
related to Etymology · 7
Gavel → England, English, In, Ireland, Old English, These, UK
related to Use in meetings · 7
Gavel → According, Demeter's Manual, It, Order Newly Revised, Parliamentary Law, Procedure, Robert's Rules
related to United Nations · 4
Gavel → Icelandic, In, Ríkarður Jónsson, United Nations
related to External links · 3
Gavel → Media, Wikimedia Commons, Wiktionary-logo-en-v2
related to Use in auctions · 2
Gavel → It, The
Classification · 1
Gavel → Ceremonial mallet
Used with · 1
Gavel → Sound block
is a · 1
Gavel → small ceremonial mallet/hammer commonly made of hardwood

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used use united states also may order senate tap sound meetings gavels chair auctions made call courts hardwood block addition

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
GavelClassificationCeremonial mallet1.00infobox
GavelUsed withSound block1.00infobox
Gavelis asmall ceremonial mallet/hammer commonly made of hardwood0.90text
gavelkindinstance ofand can be found as a prefix to other terms0.80text
a system of partible inheritance formerly found in parts of the UKinstance ofand can be found as a prefix to other terms0.80text
Irelandinstance ofand can be found as a prefix to other terms0.80text
Gavelrelated to EtymologyIn0.60section
Gavelrelated to EtymologyEngland0.60section
Gavelrelated to EtymologyThese0.60section
Gavelrelated to EtymologyEnglish0.60section
Gavelrelated to EtymologyOld English0.60section
Gavelrelated to EtymologyUK0.60section

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