# Rule 8 Change of hands (Deshong Four-Wall Rules, 1893, historical)

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

## Mentioned here

- [Server](https://handball.theperfectship.com/server.md)
- [Partner](https://handball.theperfectship.com/partner.md)
- [Court](https://handball.theperfectship.com/court.md)

How this rule changed: [wording in every rulebook](https://handball.theperfectship.com/rulebooks/clause-history/side-fourwall-american-deshong/8.md)

## Relationships

- Server relates to Partner: mentioned together in 3 sub-rules.
- No link to the other terms shown: Court.

Rulebook: [Deshong Four-Wall Rules, 1893](https://handball.theperfectship.com/rulebooks/deshong-fourwall-1893.md)

Source: M. W. Deshong, The Game of Hand Ball and How to Play It (American Sports Publishing Co., 1893), pp. 12-18 (Library of Congress, LCCN ca05001384); reprinted from the same type as 'Handball Rules and Explanations' in Spalding's Official Sporting Rules (1894), pp. 134-137 (LCCN 05025091). Public domain.