# gavel

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gavel/111167>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [May 28, 2002, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gavel/111167 "2002-05-28T12:46:48Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
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**Author:** ![elisa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/96bed5/32.png) [@elisa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elisa)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2002, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gavel/111167/1 "2002-05-28T12:46:48Z")

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why  
is a gavel used not only to obtain silence but, above all, to  
declare adjourned a trial?  
Would anybody be so kind to help me in finding an explaination?  
Thank You in advance.

Elisa