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Definition of gavelling:
(n) :
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.
(n) :
(metonymic, chiefly US) The beginning or end of legal proceedings.
(n) :
(metonymic, chiefly US) The legal system as a whole.
(v) :
To begin or end legal proceedings
(v) :
To use a gavel.
(v) :
(transitive) To divide or distribute according to the gavel system.
Definition of gavelling:
(n) :
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.
(n) :
(metonymic, chiefly US) The beginning or end of legal proceedings.
(n) :
(metonymic, chiefly US) The legal system as a whole.
(v) :
To begin or end legal proceedings
(v) :
To use a gavel.
(v) :
(transitive) To divide or distribute according to the gavel system.
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