gavel

Bench-pounding implement

A gavel is a small wooden mallet used by a presiding officer to call for attention or signal decisions.

Judges use gavels in courtrooms, auctioneers use them to mark sales, and chairpersons use them to maintain order in meetings: The judge banged her gavel and called for silence.

To gavel is to strike with or as if with a gavel: He gaveled the meeting to a close.

judicial

judge

One who decides

benchShared seating surface
courtroomJudicial proceedings chamber
verdictOfficial court decision

trial · magistrate · jurist · ruling · sentence · adjudicate · docket · chambers · robe · contempt

finality

verdict

Official court decision

closureSense of emotional resolution
decisionSettled course of action
rulingFormal legal determination

binding · settled · conclusive · resolution · definitive · final · irreversible · adjournment · pronouncement · determination

legislative

speaker

One who talks

chairpersonOne who leads meetings
parliamentNational legislative assembly
senateLegislative governing body

session · order · motion · quorum · debate · procedure · agenda · protocol · amendment · resolution

auction

bid

Offer to purchase

auctioneerConducts public sales
lotLarge amount or portion
paddleFlat-bladed water tool

reserve · hammer · sale · outbid · bidding · catalogue · antiques · collectibles · estate · Sotheby's

object

wooden

Made from timber

handlePart for gripping
malletSoft-headed striking tool
strikingNoticeably impressive

block · head · grip · ceremonial · engraved · brass · walnut · mahogany · presentation · mounted

gavel

judge

verdict

speaker

bid

wooden

gavel

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