Pawl
Legal definition for Indian law research
Definition
A pivoted tongue or sliding bolt on one part of a machine adapted to fall into notches or interdental spaces on another part as a ratchet wheel in such a manner as to permit motion in one direction and prevent it in the reverse as in a windlass a catch click or detent See Illust of Ratchet Wheel
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