ACBL and WBF bodies establish and regulate laws within
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Bridge laws
are established, published, governed, and regulated by jurisdictional
bodies. The American Contact Bridge League controls North
America and has developed two sets of Laws, one for Duplicate play, the
other for Contract Rubber Bridge players. BridgeHands
provides a copy of these laws, numerous indexes, and many other supporting
documents.
The World Bridge Federation also has established a similar set of laws to
govern play outside North America, supported by many nations.
BridgeHands will publish these laws at a future date. BridgeHands
greatly appreciates the Laws jurisdictional bodies allows us to share a copy
of their copyrighted materials here with their express permission.
If you wish to copy information owned by these sources, you must
contact the originator and obtain permission to do so.
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Extra guidelines for organizations |
BridgeHands Laws main index
page begins with primary indexes: Duplicate
Laws
Index & Detailed Laws and Contract
Index
The ACBL
Chapter 4 (Clubs),
5 (Units), and
6 (Tourney)
handbooks provide guidance for Duplicate organizations.
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Lots of extra rules are here to support serious
tournament play |
Supporting
documents include Duplicate
Alert Procedures,
tournament
Convention Charts
(regulations based on proficiency), how to complete the
Convention Card, WBF
Convention Card Instructions,
the thrice-yearly
Appeals
(Casebooks) at NABC events,
Fees
charged by the ACBL, Director guides:
Duplicate Decisions,
Club Director's Handbook, and
Tech Files.
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Easy to use and find supplemental information with
cross-references |
BridgeHands has very handy cross-references between the ACBL
Laws,
Duplicate Decisions,
and Director
Tech Files. BridgeHands
Encyclopedia also incorporates the Laws index by alphabetical terms. |