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Gavels are not legally necessary. For those courts and judges who stiill use them, it is usually used to emphasize a point - much like ending a phrase or sentence with a period at the end. These days (in the US) the use of a gavel is dying out and/or falling out of favor.
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Judges do not "hit the gavel." They hit the little round wooden sounding block WITH the gavel.
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∙ 16y agoa judge's gavel strikes a sound block.
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∙ 16y agoA "Sound block"
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∙ 12y agosound block
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What does a judge use to bang his gavel on?
The small mallet used by the judge is called a gavel.
What is gavel?
A gavel is a mallet, as used by a judge or an auctioneer.
What is a gavel?
A gavel is a mallet, as used by a judge or an auctioneer.
What is a judge's mallet called?
It's a Gavel. (rhymes with gravel)
What does a judge holds while a trial in his or her hand at the courtroom?
a gavel
What does a judge carry?
A judge typically carries a gavel, which is a small wooden hammer used to signal the start or end of a session or to punctuate a decision or order.
Who might use a gavel?
The judge banged the gavel, calling the courtroom to order.
What is the thing that a judge hits his gavel on called?
The wooden pad under a gavel is called the "Sound Block" or the "Base" of the gavel.
What is the thing the judge slaps down?
Gavel
What is the name of the object a judge uses to gain order in his courtroom?
The wooden "hammer" looking object the judge bangs to get order is called a gavel.
The name of the hammer a judge uses?
The mallet is a gavel and he hits it against a block of wood called a sound block.
What is the possessive form for judge?
The possessive form of the noun judge is judge's.Example: The sound of the judge's gavel is still ringing in my ears.
