# Rule 8 Change of hands: how the wording changed (American four-wall (DESHONG side line))

2 rulebooks state this rule, from 1893 to 1903. 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 |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1893 | Deshong Four-Wall Rules, 1893 | 1 first recorded |
| 1903 | Deshong Four-Wall Rules, 1903 | 1 punctuation only |

## The wording

### Rule 8, rulebook by rulebook

Begins: “After a server and partner shall have been retired,…”

- **1893, Deshong Four-Wall Rules**: First recorded (automatic).

  > After a server and partner shall have been retired, they must be allowed sufficient time to take their positions in the outer court.

- **1903, Deshong Four-Wall Rules**: Punctuation only (automatic). Compared with Deshong Four-Wall Rules, 1893.

  > After a server and partner shall have been [- retired, -] [+ retired +] they must be allowed sufficient time to take their positions in the outer court.
  
  1 word added, 1 removed.

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