[blml] EBL 2004 appeal number 10

[Tim West-Meads]

Ed wrote:
 
> Merriam-Webster's Online Dictionary defines "convention", as it  

Which is irrelevant.  The *laws* define a convention as:
1. A call that, by partnership agreement, conveys a meaning other than 
willingness to play in the denomination named (or in the last 
denomination named), or high-card strength or length (three cards or 
more) there. However, an agreement as to overall strength does not make 
a call a convention.
2. Defender's play that serves to convey a meaning by agreement rather 
than inference.

Much better than MW but still far from perfect.  A few riders (such as 
"other than" includes "in addition to") word improve it.

Tim