Haettu sana löytyi näillä lähdekielillä:
| Kieli | Käännökset |
|---|
| espanja | martillo, mazo, dar mazazos, dar martillazos, combo |
| italia | martelletto, martello |
| kreikka | σφυρί (sfyrí) |
| ranska | marteau, marteler, rente, usure, javelle |
| ruotsi | klubba, ordförandeklubba |
| suomi | nuija, nuijia |
Määritelmät
Substantiivi
- (historical) Rent.
- 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.
- A small heap of grain, not tied up into a bundle.
- (Scotland, archaic, architecture) A gable.
- (obsolete) Usury; interest on money.
- (metonymic, chiefly US) The beginning or end of legal proceedings.
- (historical) An old Saxon and Welsh form of tenure by which an estate passed, on the holder's death, to all the sons equally; also called gavelkind.
- (metonymic, chiefly US) The legal system as a whole.
- A mason's setting maul.
Verbi
- (transitive) To divide or distribute according to the gavel system.
- To use a gavel.
- To begin or end legal proceedings
Esimerkit
- The judge gavelled for order in the courtroom after the defendant burst out with a confession.
- The judge gavelled the court into silence.
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