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 1.   GENERAL PRINCIPALS
      The Laws cannot cover every situation that might arise, nor can they produce equity in every situation covered.
Occasionally the players themselves must redress damage. The guiding principle: the side that commits an irregularity
bears an obligation not to gain directly from the infraction itself; however the offending side is entitled to profit after an
infraction, as an indirect result, through subsequent good fortune.
 2. Communication Between Partners
      Communication between partners during the auction and play should be effected only by means of the calls and plays
themselves, not through the manner in which they are made, nor through extraneous remarks and gestures, nor through
questions asked of the opponents and explanations given to them. Calls should be made in a uniform tone without
special emphasis or inflection, and without undue hesitation or haste. Plays should be made without emphasis, gesture
or mannerism and, so far as possible, at a uniform rate.
      Inadvertantly to vary the tempo or manner in which a call or play is made does not in itself constitute a violation of
propriety, but inferences from such variation may properly be drawn only by an opponent, and at his own risk. It is
improper to attempt to mislead an opponent by means of a remark or a gesture, through the haste or hesitancy of a call
or play (such as hesitation with a singleton), or by the manner in which the call or play is made.
      Any player may properly attempt to deceive an oppopnent through a call or play (so long as the deception is not 
protected by concealed partnership understanding). It is entirely proper to make all calls and plays in unvarying tempo
and manner in order to avoid giving information to the opponents.
      When a player has available to him improper information from his partner's remark, question, explanation, gesture, 
mannerism, special emphasis, inflection, haste or hesitancy, he should carefully avoid taking any advantage that might
accrue to his side.
 3. Conduct and Etiquette             (N.B.This is an extract from 3)
      A player should maintain at all times a courteous attitude towards his partner and opponents. He should carefully
avoid any remark or action that might cause annoyance or embarrassment to another player or might interfere with the
enjoyment of the game.
 4.Partnership Agreements            (N.B. This is an extract from 4)
      It is improper to convey information to partner by means of a call or play based on special partnership agreement, 
whether implicit or explicit, unless such information is fully and freely available to the opponents.
      It is not improper for a player to violate an announced partnership agreement, so long as his partner is unaware of the
violation (but habitual violations within a partnership may create implicit agreements, which must be disclosed). No player
has the obligation to disclose to the opponents that he has violated an announced agreement; and if the opponents are
subsequently damaged as through drawing a false inference from such violation, they are not entitled to redress.