Index to the Rules:

Disclaimer: This index is not part of the official game, nor is it done as a duty of the office of Custodian. It is merely a convenient reference I made up for myself. It does not purport to be complete, and is probably hopelessly out of date at the time you are reading this.

Last modified: December 7, 1992

abstain, abstention
114
accept (a judgement)
212
adopting (proposals)
104, 105, 112, 206, 217, 1029t,
against (i.e., voting against)
114
amend, amendment
103, 113, 1069, 1076
appointment (as a judge)
212, 213, 1089
appointment (of custodian)
1077
append (to a proposal)
1035
call for judgement
216, 218, 219
conflict
210
custodian of the rule book
1077
defer (to another rule)
210
deregister, deregistered, deregistration
1045, 1052
discussion noticeboard, discussion board
211, 212, 1089
effective ordinal number
107,210
enactment (of a rule)
103, 1017, 1039, 1054
end of game
110, 1067
enduring characteristic
1039
equally legal and illegal
219
failing to deliver judgment
213
failure (of a proposal), failed proposals
1036, 1039
false
214
for (i.e., voting for)
114, 1017
forfeiting, forfeiture
111, 1052
game
110, 111, 218, 219, 1067, 1069, 1089t
game custom
101, 215, 216, 1067
game state
103
identification number
1017
identity (of a player)
1039
immutable, immutable rule
102, 103, 108, 210
interpretation (of rules, laws)
101, 211
invalidation (of rules)
1087
invoking judgment
211, 1032 (cost of)
judgment, judges
211 (invoking), 212 (selecting), 213 (delivering), 214 (possible), 215 (accord with rules),216 (not rules), 217 (overturning), 218t, 219 (of paradoxes), 1032 (scoring of), 1054 (rules violations), 1077t
laws
211
legislative record
1069
losing
111
match
110
mutable, mutable rule
102, 103, 108, 112, 210
N (points required to win)
110, 209
name (of a player)
1039, 1045
new game
1067
new players
1047 (def)
nomic
110
numbers
--see ordinal number, effective ordinal number, proposal number, identification number
numerical method (for determining precedence)
210
maximum number of proposals
1031
MUD
1089
official judgement
213, 214
old players
1045 (def)
ordinal number
107
overruling/overturning judgments
216,217, 219
paradox, winning by
219
pass, passing (of a proposal)
1036, 1037, 1067
penalization, penalties
213, 217, 1054
play
219, 1045, 1067
player
101, 110, 111, 201, 204, 209, 1031t, 1035, 1036, 1039, 1040, 1047, 1052, 1053, 1054, 1067, 1069, 1071, 1089
points
110, 209, 218, 1017, 1029, 1032, 1036, 1037, 1054, 1058, 1071
possible judgments
214
precedence
210
prescribed voting period
104, 106, 109, 114
private refusal to sign
1035
proper way (to make a proposal)
107, 109
proposal
103 (def), 104 (adopting), 105 (writing down), 106 (taking effect), 107 (numbering), 109 (making), 206 (taking effect), 217 (to overrule a judgment), 218t, 1029t, 1031 (maximum number), 1035 (seconding), 1036, 1037, 1039 (restrictions on), 1052t, 1053t, 1069 (record of), 1076 (amendments)
proposed rule change
105, 106, 107, 1077
proposer
1058
public refusal to sign
1035, 1036
quorum
104, 201(def)
random selection, randomness
212, 1040 (def)
recently active
201, 212, 1089
record
1069
refuse (a judgment)
212, 1052, 1089
refuse (to sign)
1035, 1036
register, registered players, registration
110, 201, 212, 218 (def), 1045, 1047, 1052, 1067
repeal
103, 113, 1054
required number of votes
104, 203 (def)
restrictions (on rules)
1039
retroactive application
106
rule book
1077
rule change
105, 106, 107, 108, 112, 113
rule record
1069
seconding
1035, 1036
selecting judges
212, 1052
self-reference
113
score, scores, scoring
110, 209, 218t, 1029, 1036, 1037, 1045, 1053t, 1067
signing, sign, signature
1035
spelling
1087
spirit of the game
215
statement (submitted for judgement)
211, 216, 219
trading (of points)
1029, 1071
transmute, transmutation
102, 103, 108
true
214, 216, 219, 1054
unanimous votes
1037
undecided
214, 217
undoing rules violations
1054
vacations
1089
violations
1054
vote, voting
104, 105, 114, 204, 218, 1017, 1037, 1039, 1052, 1054t
voting noticeboard
109,114, 1031, 1035
voting period (sea also prescribed voting period)
1052
wholly void and without effect
108
win, winner(s), winning
110, 209, 218, 219 (by paradox)