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Revoke (Renege) - A failure to follow to the suit lead when able to do so constitutes a revoke. The declarer may ask a defender who has failed to follow suit whether he has a card of the suit led (but a claim of revoke does not automatically warrant inspection of quitted tricks - see Law 66C).
From the 1940’s onwards, the American Contract Bridge League Laws Commission replaced the Whist Club, while the British Bridge League and the European Bridge League supplemented the Portland Club’s work. Now responsibility for regular revisions has been adopted by the World Bridge Federation, whose Laws Committee is charged with the task
The first Laws of Duplicate Bridge were published in 1928 and there have been successive revisions in 1933, 1935, 1943, , , , , , and . Through the ’s the Laws were promulgated by the Portland Club of London and the Whist lub of New York. From the ’s onwards the American Contract Bridge League Laws Commission
Now the rules have been changed to allow defenders to ask the same question, so we should be able to reach a game of revoke-less bridge! I advise all players to get into the habit of asking the above question: 'Having none, partner?' every time partner fails to follow suit (for the first time in a suit). The penalty for a revoke can be quite ...
2017 laws of duplicate bridge, commentary on the laws & laws committee minutes. 12 December 2023 – Revised Laws 73 & 89 published, to be effective from 1 January 2024. Click here to download the revisions. The following files have also been amended with these revisions.
2008 LAWS OF DUPLICATE BRIDGE The Laws are designed to define correct proce-dure and to provide an adequate remedy when there is a departure from correct procedure. They are pri-marily designed not as punishment for irregularities but rather for the rectification of situations where non-offenders may otherwise be damaged. Players
The rules have been changed in 2017 to decrease the severity of penalty for an insufficient bid or call out of rotation by allowing the use of a Comparable Call.
