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gavel

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  • Regno Unito//ˈɡa.vəl//
  • Stati Uniti//ˈɡæ.vəl//

To divide or distribute according to the gavel system.

sostantivo

  1. 1

    storicoRent.

  2. 2

    obsoletoUsury; interest on money.

  3. 3

    storicoAn 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.

Etimologia

From Middle English gavel, from Old English gafol, from Proto-West Germanic *gabul, from Proto-Germanic *gebaną (“to give”), equivalent to give + -el.

verbo

  1. 1

    To divide or distribute according to the gavel system.

sostantivo

  1. 1

    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.

    More than three decades later, Ms. Pelosi is all but assured on Thursday of reclaiming her former title as speaker of the House, the first lawmaker in more than half a century to hold the office twice. With the gavel in hand, she will cement her status as the highest-ranking and most powerful elected woman in American political history.

  2. 2

    The beginning or end of legal proceedings.

  3. 3

    The legal system as a whole.

  4. 4

    A mason's setting maul.

Etimologia

Origin obscure. Possibly an alteration of dialectal cavel, a variant of kevel (“a stone mason's axe with a flat face, a cleat or bollard”), from Middle English kevel (“a mason's hammer”), from Old Norse kefli (“a piece of wood, stick, cylinder, mangle”). Cognate with Norwegian kjevle (“rolling pin”).

verbo

  1. 1

    To use a gavel.

  2. 2

    To begin or end legal proceedings

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

sostantivo

  1. 1

    A small heap of grain, not tied up into a bundle.

    The combination with a mechanical rake of the roof or screen herein described, or the equivalent thereof, to intervene and keep the gavel of grain collected on the platform separated during its discharge

Etimologia

From Old French gavelle (cf. Modern French javelle) probably diminutive from Latin capulus (“handle”), from capere (“to lay hold of, seize”); or compare Welsh gafael (“hold, grasp”). Compare heave.

sostantivo

  1. 1

    arcaicoA gable.

Forme

plurale
gavels
passato
gaveled, gavelled
participio passato
gaveled, gavelled
participio presente
gaveling, gavelling
3ª persona singolare
gavels
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