# Rule 4.7 Situations: how the wording changed (American three-wall)

5 rulebooks state this rule, from 19 January 2005 to 26 January 2025. No rewording or change was found.

## How to read this

- Added words are marked [+ like this +]; removed words [- like this -].
- Each rulebook says what kind of change it is: unchanged, punctuation only, moved, reworded or changed.
- A program matched each clause with the one before it. Automatic matches were made by the program alone; machine-reviewed ones were also checked by a second program. A person has not checked either.

## Rulebook by rulebook

| Date | Rulebook | Clauses, by kind of change |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 19 January 2005 | USHA Three-Wall Addendum, December 2004 | 1 first recorded |
| 13 October 2007 | American three-wall, 13 October 2007 | 1 unchanged |
| 6 February 2015 | USHA Three-Wall Addendum, 6 February 2015 | 1 punctuation only |
| 22 January 2017 | USHA Three-Wall Addendum, 22 January 2017 | 1 unchanged |
| 26 January 2025 | USHA Three-Wall Addendum, 26 January 2025 | 1 unchanged |

## The wording

### Rule 4.7, rulebook by rulebook

Begins: “a.) Ceiling House Rule. On three-wall courts with ceilings,…”

- **19 January 2005, USHA Three-Wall Addendum**: First recorded (automatic).

  > a.) Ceiling House Rule. On three-wall courts with ceilings, since no two are the same anything goes when the ball hits the ceiling, either on the way to the front wall or on the way back from the front wall. This is similar to the "House Rule" in four-wall.

- 13 October 2007, American three-wall: Unchanged (automatic).

- **6 February 2015, USHA Three-Wall Addendum**: Punctuation only (automatic). Compared with USHA Three-Wall Addendum, December 2004.

  > [- a.) -] [+ a) +] Ceiling House Rule. On three-wall courts with ceilings, since no two are the same anything goes when the ball hits the ceiling, either on the way to the front wall or on the way back from the front wall. This is similar to the "House Rule" in four-wall.
  
  1 word added, 1 removed.

- 22 January 2017, USHA Three-Wall Addendum: Unchanged (automatic).

- 26 January 2025, USHA Three-Wall Addendum: Unchanged (automatic).

All rules: [clause history](https://handball.theperfectship.com/rulebooks/clause-history/).