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Definition of Gaveling
1. gavel [v] - See also: gavel
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gaveling
Literary usage of Gaveling
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Reports of the United States Commissioners to the Paris Universal Exposition by Edward Henry Knight (1880)
"... ready to meet and compress the gavel on the gaveling-concave the moment they
are brought forward to it by the inward traverse. ..."
2. Endangered Species Recovery Act: Congressional Hearings edited by John H. Chafee (1999)
"Right. Senator ALLARD.—that have been made by the States, agreements that have
been passed by the Congress. The chairman is gaveling me down already, but, ..."
3. Readings on American State Government by Paul Samuel Reinsch (1911)
"This is called gaveling a bill through. Formerly the gavel was used to carry
through political measures of the majority party and to prevent obstructive and ..."
4. The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary: Comprising the Terms and Phrases of American by Walter A. Shumaker, George Foster Longsdorf (1922)
"Du Gange, gaveling MEN. Tenants who paid a reserved rent, besides some customary
duties to be done by them. Cowell. ..."
5. Classified Index of Subjects of Invention Adopted in the U. S. Patent Office by United States Patent Office (1872)
"Dumping-reels for harvesters. Fingers, Harvester Flax-pullers. Forks, Horse hay
Forks, Grain gaveling-attachments for harvesters. ..."
6. Democracy and the Human Equation by Alleyne Ireland (1921)
"This is called 'gaveling' a bill through. Formerly the gavel was used to carry
through political measures of the majority party and to prevent obstructive ..."
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