[blml] Tie me kangaroo court, sport [SEC=UNOFFICIAL]

[Guthrie]

[Grattan Endicott]
 > There is only an irregularity if the action is prohibited
 > by regulation. Otherwise it is an extraneous action.
 > The possibilities are that an action may be 1. 'lawful' - authorized 
by an express provision of law or
 >     regulation
 > 2. 'infractive' - contrary to an express provision of law or
 >     regulation
 > 3. 'extraneous' - neither of the above.

 > The movement of the hand to the box would be an
 > infraction if it were designed to communicate information 
purposefully to partner.


[nige1]
Suppose the hand-movement is a simple mistake about whose
turn it is to bid; its purpose is *not* to convey useful
bridge information to partner, but in fact it does. IMO,
it's still an irregularity, no matter what the *intention*.