| ACBL and WBF bodies establish and regulate laws within 
    their jurisdictions   All 
    parties must adhere to their copyright restrictions | 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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    | Start with Index Determine jurisdiction 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. |