[blml] L79B Is "subsequent" needed?

[Eric Landau]

On Feb 1, 2008, at 9:53 PM, Robert Geller wrote:

> I'm trying to understand the meaning of "subsequent" in L79B
> (see below).     It looks to me like this law makes perfect sense
> if the word "subsequent" is deleted.  In that case 79A applies
> in the vast majority of cases when there is agreement, and in
> the small minority of cases where  there is disagreement the
> director is called and he sorts things out.
>
> If anyone out there, especially a member of the DSC, thinks that
> the word "subsequent" is actually needed in L79B could they
> please explain this.   Thanks.
>
> LAW 79 - TRICKS WON
> A. Agreement on Tricks Won
> 1. The number of tricks won shall be agreed upon before all four hands
> have been returned to the board.
> 2. A player must not knowingly accept either the score for a trick  
> that
> his side did not win or the concession of a trick that his opponents
> could not lose.
> B. Disagreement on Tricks Won
> If a subsequent disagreement arises, the Director must be called,  
> then:
> 1. The Director determines whether there has been a claim or  
> concession
> and, if so, applies Law 69.
> 2. If 1 does not apply the Director rules what score is to be  
> recorded.
> If the Director is not called before the round ends he rules in
> accordance with C below or Law 87, as applicable, but there shall  
> be no
> obligation to increase a side’s score.

I read "subsequent" to refer to L79A1, so it means after "all four  
hands have been returned to the board".  That would leave L66D to  
control what happens if the disagreement arises before that.


Eric Landau
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