# Rule 17 (Brokaw One-Wall Rules, 1916, historical)

> **Historical rulebook: not the current rules.** The current rules are here: https://handball.theperfectship.com/rules/one-wall/

After the serve, any returned ball that first touches the floor or board outside the actual dimensions of the court, it is a point or a putout against the side making the return.

## Mentioned here

- [Serve](https://handball.theperfectship.com/serve.md)
- [Court](https://handball.theperfectship.com/court.md)
- [Front wall](https://handball.theperfectship.com/front-wall.md)
- [Ball](https://handball.theperfectship.com/ball.md)
- [Point](https://handball.theperfectship.com/point.md)
- [Floor](https://handball.theperfectship.com/floor.md)

## Relationships

- Serve relates to Ball: mentioned together in 13 sub-rules.
- Serve relates to Floor: mentioned together in 8 sub-rules.
- Court relates to Ball: mentioned together in 9 sub-rules.
- Court relates to Floor: mentioned together in 8 sub-rules.
- Front wall relates to Ball: mentioned together in 16 sub-rules.
- Front wall relates to Floor: mentioned together in 12 sub-rules.
- Ball relates to Floor: mentioned together in 12 sub-rules.
- No link to the other terms shown: Point.
- 7 weaker links (terms mentioned together in few sub-rules) are not drawn.

Rulebook: [Brokaw One-Wall Rules, 1916](https://handball.theperfectship.com/rulebooks/brokaw-american-1916.md)

Source: James I. Brokaw, How to Play American Hand Ball (Spalding's Athletic Library No. 13; American Sports Publishing Company, copyright 1915; Library of Congress copy LCCN 16024697, catalogued 1916). Public domain.