Chapters and Laws CHAPTER I - DEFINITIONS CHAPTER II - PRELIMINARIES Law 1 - The Pack - Rank of Cards an Suits Law 2 - The Duplicate Boards Law 3 - Arrangements of Table Law 4 - Partnerships Law 5 - Assignment of Seats CHAPTER III - PREPARATION AND PROGRESSION Law 6 - The Shuffle and Deal Law 7 - Control of Boards and Cards Law 8 - Sequence of Rounds CHAPTER IV - GENERAL LAWS GOVERNING IRREGULARITIES Law 9 - Procedure Following an Irregularity Law 10 - Assessment of Penalty Law 11 - Forfeiture of the Right to Penalise Law 12 - Director's Discretionary Powers Law 13 - Incorrect Number of Cards Law 14 - Missing Card Law 15 - Play of a Wrong Board Law 16 - Unauthorised Information CHAPTER V - THE AUCTION Law 17 - Duration of the Auction Law 18 - Bids Law 19 - Doubles and Redoubles Law 20 - Review and Explanation of Calls Law 21 - Call Based on Misinformation Law 22 - Procedure after the Auction Has Ended Law 23 - Damaging Enforced Pass Law 24 - Card Exposed or Led During Auction Law 25 - Legal and Illegal Changes of Call Law 26 - Call Withdrawn, Lead Penalties Law 27 - Insufficient Bid Law 28 - Calls Considered to Be in Rotation Law 29 - Procedure after a Call out of Rotation Law 30 - Pass out of Rotation Law 31 - Bid out of Rotation Law 32 - Double or Redouble out of Rotation Law 33 - Simultaneous Calls Law 34 - Retention of Right to Call Law 35 - Inadmissible Call Condoned Law 36 - Inadmissible Double or Redouble Law 37 - Action Violating Obligation to Pass Law 38 - Bid of More than Seven Law 39 - Call after Final Pass Law 40 - Partnership Understandings CHAPTER VI - THE PLAY Law 41 - Commencement of Play Law 42 - Dummy's Rights Law 43 - Dummy's Limitations Law 44 - Sequence and Procedure of Play Law 45 - Card Played Law 46 - Incomplete or Erroneous Call of Card from Dummy Law 47 - Retraction of Card Played Law 48 - Exposure of Declarer's Cards Law 49 - Exposure of a Defender's Cards Law 50 - Disposition of Penalty Card Law 51 - Two or More Penalty Cards Law 52 - Failure to Lead or Play a Penalty Card Law 53 - Lead out of Turn Accepted Law 54 - Faced Opening Lead out of Turn Law 55 - Declarer's Lead out of Turn Law 56 - Defender's Lead out of Turn Law 57 - Premature Lead or Play by Defender Law 58 - Simultaneous Leads or Plays Law 59 - Inability to Lead or Play as Required Law 60 - Play after an Illegal Play Law 61 - Failure to Follow Suit - Inquiries Concerning a Revoke Law 62 - Correction of a Revoke Law 63 - Establishment of a Revoke Law 64 - Procedure after Establishment of a Revoke Law 65 - Arrangement of Tricks Law 66 - Inspection of Tricks Law 67 - Defective Trick Law 68 - Claim or Concession of Tricks Law 69 - Acquiescence in Claim or Concession Law 70 - Contested Claims Law 71 - Concession Cancelled CHAPTER VII - PROPRIETIES Law 72 - General Principles Law 73 - Communication Law 74 - Conduct and Etiquette Law 75 - Partnership Agreements Law 76 - Spectators CHAPTER VIII - THE SCORE Law 77 - Duplicate Bridge Scoring Table Law 78 - Methods of Scoring Law 79 - Tricks Won CHAPTER IX - TOURNAMENT SPONSORSHIP Law 80 - Sponsoring Organisation CHAPTER X - TOURNAMENT DIRECTOR Law 81 - Duties and Powers Law 82 - Rectification of Errors of Procedure Law 83 - Notification of the Right to Appeal Law 84 - Rulings on Agreed Facts Law 85 - Rulings on Disputed Facts Law 86 - In Team Play Law 87 - Fouled Board Law 88 - Award of Indemnity Points Law 89 - Penalties in Individual Events Law 90 - Procedural Penalties Law 91 - Penalise or Suspend CHAPTER XI - APPEALS Law 92 - Right to Appeal Law 93 - Procedures of Appeal A Agreements, See Understandings Alert Appeal Arrangements for - Law 80G Contestant's right - Law 92A Arrangement of tables - Law 3 Auction Commencement of - Law 17A Duration of - Law 17 End of auction period - Law 17E Explanation of calls during the auction - Law 20F Procedure after auction has ended - Law 22 Review after final pass - Law 20C Review during auction period - Law 20B Successive calls - Law 17C B Bid After auction has ended - Law 35D, Law 39B Mistaken - Footnote to Law 75 Proper form - Law 18A Rank of the denominations - Law 18E Sufficient - Law 18C To supersede a bid - Law 18B Board Play of wrong board - Law 15 Previously played - Law 15B Boards Dealer and vulnerability - Law 2 Duplicate - Law 2 C Call Based on caller's misunderstanding - Law 21A Based on misinformation - Law 21 Based on misinformation from an opponent - Law 21B Change of call - Law 21B Changes of Immediate correction of inadvertency - Law 25A Review and explanation - Law 20 Calls Explanation of - Law 20F Card Correction of designation - Law 45C Played - Law 45 Retraction of card played - Law 47 Cards - Law 1 Change of play Misinformation - Law 47E Claim Clarification - Law 68C Contested - Law 70 Defined - Law 68A Unstated line of finesse or drop - Law 70E Communication - Law 73 Between partners - Law 73A Gratuitous - Law 73B Inappropriate - Law 73B Mannerisms - Law 73A Prearranged - Law 73B Tempo or manner - Law 73D Unauthorised information from partner - Law 73C Concession, See Claim Conduct - Law 74 Courtesy - Law 74A Etiquette - Law 74B Gratuitous comments - Law 74B Inattention - Law 74B Lack of further interest - Law 74C Leaving the table - Law 74C Prolonging play - Law 74B Significant occurrence - Law 74C Varying tempo - Law 74C Violations of procedure - Law 74C Contestant Contract Convention Convention card - Law 40E Right to prescribe - Law 40E Conventions Regulation of - Law 40D D Deal - Law 6B Dealer and vulnerability - Law 2 Deception - Law 73E Declarer Defender Definitions Denomination Rank - Law 18E Disclosure Alert Answering questions - Law 20F, Law 75C Convention card - Law 40E Habitual Violations - Law 75B Requirement - Law 40B, Law 75A Unanticipated violations - Law 75B Double Legal - Law 19A Superseded - Law 19C Doubled contract Scoring - Law 19D Doubles - Law 19 Dummy Limitations - Law 43A Qualified rights - Law 42B Rights - Law 42 E Explanation Correcting errors - Law 75D Mistaken - Law 75D Of calls - Law 20F Presumed mistaken - Footnote to Law 75 F Follow suit G Game H Hand Honour I Illegal alternative is chosen - Law 16A IMP Inadvertency Immediate correction - Law 25A Information Extraneous - Law 16 Extraneous information from partner - Law 16A From mannerisms of opponents - Law 16 From other sources - Law 16B From withdrawn calls and plays - Law 16C Gratuitous - Law 73B Legal calls and/or plays - Law 16 Unauthorised - Law 16 Infraction Concealing - Law 72B Inadvertent - Law 72B Intentional - Law 72B Of Law - Law 72B International matchpoint Irregularities General Laws governing irregularities Irregularity After attention is called - Law 9B Calling attention to - Law 9A Damage to non-offending side - Law 72B Procedure following - Law 9 L Lead LHO M Matchpoint Mature Claim Misclaim Misinformation Call based on misinformation - Law 21 Change of play - Law 47E O Odd Trick OKb Server OKb Software Opening lead Opponent Overtrick P Pack, See also Law 1 Partner Extraneous information from - Law 16A Partnership understandings, See Understandings Partnerships - Law 4 Partscore Pass Pauses Mandatory - Law 73A Penalty Assessment of - Law 10 Right to assess - Law 10A Play Commencement of - Law 41 Inability to follow suit - Law 44D Lead - Law 44A Procedure of - Law 44 Requirement to follow suit - Law 44C Subsequent plays - Law 44B Premature Claim Deliberate - Law 72 Premium points Preparation Procedure After auction has ended - Law 22 After auction has ended and no player has bid - Law 22A After auction has ended and one or more players have bid - Law 22B Of play - Law 44 Proprieties General obligation - Law 72A Score for trick not won - Law 72A Tricks won - Law 72A Violation of - Law 73F Psychic call R Rank Cards and suits - Law 1 Denominations - Law 18E Rectification Redouble Legal - Law 19B Superseded - Law 19C Redoubled contract Scoring - Law 19D Redoubles - Law 19B Referring to Convention Card - Law 40 Retraction of card played - Law 47 Review Of auction - Law 20B Of calls - Law 20 RHO Right to assess penalty - Law 10A Rights Dummy's rights - Law 42 Rotation Round S Scoring Doubled contract - Law 19D International matchpoints - Law 78B Matchpoints - Law 78A Methods - Law 78 Redoubled contract - Law 19D Scoring table - Law 77 Session Shuffle - Law 6 Side Slam Skip Option Suit Suits - Law 1 T Team Tempo - Law 73D Unvarying - Law 73E Tempo or manner Inadvertent variations - Law 73D Intentional variations - Law 73D Trick Trick Points Tricks Inspection of - Law 66 Won - Law 65B, Law 79A Trump Trumps Tricks containing - Law 44E Tricks not containing - Law 44F Turn U Unauthorised information - Law 16 From partner - Law 73C Illegal alternative is chosen - Law 16A Understandings Concealed partnership understandings prohibited - Law 40B Director's option - Law 40C Failure to explain the full meaning - Law 40C Habitual violations - Law 75B Regulation of conventions - Law 40D Right to choose call or play - Law 40A Special agreements - Law 75A Violation of agreements - Law 75B Undertrick V Variations in tempo or manner - Law 73D Vulnerability	A-Z A B C D E F G H I L M O P R S T U V A B C D E F G H I L M O P R S T U V A B C D E F G H I L M O P R S T U V A B C D E F G H I L M O P R S T U V A B C D E F G H I L M O P R S T U V A B C D E F G H I L M O P R S T U V A B C D E F G H I L M O P R S T U V A B C D E F G H I L M O P R S T U V A B C D E F G H I L M O P R S T U V A B C D E F G H I L M O P R S T U V A B C D E F G H I L M O P R S T U V A B C D E F G H I L M O P R S T U V A B C D E F G H I L M O P R S T U V A B C D E F G H I L M O P R S T U V A B C D E F G H I L M O P R S T U V A B C D E F G H I L M O P R S T U V A B C D E F G H I L M O P R S T U V A B C D E F G H I L M O P R S T U V A B C D E F G H I L M O P R S T U V A B C D E F G H I L M O P R S T U V A B C D E F G H I L M O P R S T U V A B C D E F G H I L M O P R S T U V