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| For a statement or action to constitute
a claim or concession of tricks under these Laws, it must refer to
tricks other than one currently in progress (19).
If it does refer to subsequent tricks: |
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| A. |
Claim Defined |
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Any statement to the effect that a contestant will
win a specific number of tricks is a claim of those tricks. A contestant
also claims when he suggests that play be curtailed, or when he shows
his cards (unless he demonstrably did not intend to claim). |
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| B. |
Concession Defined |
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Any statement to the effect that a contestant will
lose a specific number of tricks is a concession of those tricks;
a claim of some number of tricks is a concession of the remainder,
if any. A player concedes all the remaining tricks when he abandons
his hand. Regardless of the foregoing, if a defender attempts to concede
one or more tricks and his partner immediately objects, no concession
has occurred; Law 16, Unauthorised Information,
may apply, so the Director should be summoned forthwith. |
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| C. |
Clarification
Required for Claim |
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A claim should be accompanied at once by a statement
of clarification as to the order in which cards will be played, the
line of play or defence through which the claimer proposes to win
the tricks claimed. |
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| D. |
Play Ceases |
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After any claim or concession, play ceases. All play
subsequent to a claim or concession shall be voided by the Director.
If the claim or concession is acquiesced in, Law
69 applies; if it is disputed by any player (dummy included),
the Director must be summoned immediately to apply Law
70 or Law 71, and no action may be taken
pending the Director’s arrival. |
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(19) If the statement or action pertains
only to the winning or losing of an uncompleted trick currently in
progress, play proceeds regularly; cards exposed or revealed by a
defender do not become penalty cards, but Law 16, Unauthorised Information,
may apply, and see Law 57A, Premature Play. |
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