What is the hammer that judges use called?
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It is a gavel.  It is also the sword of justice.
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Also sometimes called a worm gear\nit looks like an auger or archimedean screw
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lol I use to have that! cant remember what it was called.\n\nlol here it is!\n\nhttp://cgi.ebay.com/MC-HAMMER-Please-Dont-Hurt-Em-1990-VHS-VIDEO_W0QQitemZ9130479935QQcategoryZ309QQssPageNameZWD1VQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem\n\nLOL
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The one held by someone that can hit the target.
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They don't, unless you believe what you see on T.V.  I have been an attorney for 12 years and was a paralegal for 3 years before that.  In my entire career, I have NEVER seen a real judge bang a gavel.
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Honorable Judge then judge's name
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a tool called a paint scraper and a hammer or mallot. what a funny question!
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I think it is probably actually a mace or sceptre. These are used in lots of parliaments all around the world as a symbol of sovereign power. This dates back to the middle ages when Kings used them as a symbol of absolute power.
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fingernails? or nails for hammering??
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First, the supposed connection with wife-beating is a modern urban legend.\n\nThe term refers to making a quick, approximate judgment.   Its  early uses seem connected with the practice of carpenters, also tailors and artists.  \n\nThe notion of using the thumb to measure parallels many other traditional uses of body parts to make measurements  --some of which are even ensconced as measuring terms in modern English,  e.g.,  foot,  hand.  In fact, the inch measure itself originates from the use of part of the thumb --between the thumb's tip and its first joint.  (Other measures based on body parts include cubits and palms).\n\nThe suggestion that the expression "rule of thumb" came from a rule about the limits of physically chastizing one's wife are very recent and seem based largely on misunderstandings.   (Even if anyone ever actually applied the expression that way, this is NOT its origin.  Its use for a rough & ready measurement goes back much further.)
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It DOES originate from the item a man would have been allowed to beat his wife with. If the item was smaller than his thumb, then he could beat her with it, but anything bigger than his thumb was not allowed!
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A clawhammer.\n\nThe coat has really long tails\nObviously a hammer\nA way to play the banjo
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There are several standards: Brinell uses a ball forced into the metal with a known force, the diameter is then measured and indexed. Rockwell is similar, with the depth being measured. Shores uses a diamond tip hammer is dropped onto the material and the bounce of the hammer measured. Vickers is similar to Brinell but a diamond shape is used instead of a ball. The Monotron Indicator  forces a point into the metal to a determined depth and the force required is measured. Keeps test uses a drill bit to penetrate the metal at a predetermined force and number of revolutions, the depth measured. Each has their own uses in various industries. There are numerous hardness conversion tables to compare the various methods.
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It's in reference to a courtroom, where a judge bangs his/her gavel and tells someone they're "out of order."
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Cue sticks.\nor\nSledge Hammers if someone beats you at a game.
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That notch is known as the jugular or presternal notch.  It is the superior border of the manubrium, which is the uppermost portion of the sternum.\n\nIt also happens to be my kitty's favouritest place to put her little paw and apply her entire body weight to whenever she walks on my chest.  Her skill at placing the blow is quite remarkable, and I think she may just be practicing until one day she'll use her ninja-like abilities to assassinate me.
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A finish hammer should be smooth so as to leave as little a mark as possible should it impact wood that will be visible once a project is complete.  (Ideally that shouldn't happen but it does.)  \nA framing hammer has a corrugated surface that grips on to nails and keeps them from bending but leaves a ugly mark on wood.\nThe framing hammer is often used to drive 16 penny nails and is larger than the finish hammer.\nMost carpenters have both.