Clause history · American four-wall (DESHONG side line)
Rule 8 Change of hands: how the wording changed
2 rulebooks state this rule, from 1893 to 1903. No rewording or change was found.
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The wording
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Rule 8, rulebook by rulebook
Begins: “After a server and partner shall have been retired,…”
1893 Deshong Four-Wall Rules (American four-wall)
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
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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