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COURT AND PROCEDURE

What it means in Plain Fang: bars violence, compulsion, or magic that disrupts proceedings.

What it means in Plain Fang: authorises the Herald to seal the chamber with a silence/containment ward. “Silence in the hall” is literal.

What it means in Plain Fang: permits a recess to gather evidence or await Ministry intervention.

Accord Code 117.5—Emergency Censure

What it means in Plain Fang: immediate rebuke/sanction for contempt within the Hall.

Accord Code 233.5—Council Silence Protocol

What it means in Plain Fang: “Silence in the hall” is literal. Authorises the Herald to drop a silence ward.

Accord Code 302.1—Hall Jurisdiction and Extraterritorial Reach

What it means in Plain Fang: your castle walls don’t matter in here. Any act adjudicated inside the Hall supersedes clan sovereignty.

Accord Code 308.6—Sanctuary of the Hall

What it means in Plain Fang: violence or compulsion within the Hall of Silence is capital treason unless formally sanctioned by the Council.

Accord Code 312.0—Registry of Derivative Gifts

What it means in Plain Fang: all gifts and rare talents must be logged within thirty nights of discovery; failure triggers immediate sequestration.

Accord Code 312.1—Order of Sealing (Interim Measures)

What it means in Plain Fang: allows the Council to sequester evidence, witnesses, or filings pending review.

“By 312.1, the record is sealed and the evidence impounded.”

Accord Code 347.9—Cross - Derivative Non - Interference

What it means in Plain Fang: clarifies when Council defers to other species’ tribunals—unless Accord, Silence, or existential risks are triggered.

Accord Code 401.4—Abdication and Succession

What it means in Plain Fang: framework for voluntary abdication and lawful transfer of authority.

“By 401.4, abdication entered; the succession may proceed.”

Accord Code 410.3—War Status Protocol

What it means in Plain Fang: declares “war status,” enabling extraordinary security measures (device purge, hardened transport).

Accord Code 499.2—Neutrality of the Herald of Silence

What it means in Plain Fang: reaffirms the Herald’s non-partisan role and evidentiary voice.

Accord Code 902.1—Dissolution for Gross Malfeasance

What it means in Plain Fang: when a clan commits high crimes (e.g., daylight assault, mass compulsion), the Council may strike its name, seize its assets, and execute its elders .

BLOOD, TURNING AND SIRE MATTERS

Accord Code 101.4—Right of Blood Provenance and Mandatory Sire Verification

What it means in Plain Fang: compels sire identification via sanctioned assay. Any vampire may demand a Ministry-certified test to prove a sire. Results are binding; false claims invite censure or execution.

“I invoke 101.4. Let the blood speak.”

Accord Code 101.5—Ethereal Memory Assay and Ocular Imprint

What it means in Plain Fang: authorises Ministry-run memory capture to corroborate blood findings.

Accord Code 103.2—Unlicensed Turning (Human to Vampire)

What it means in Plain Fang: defines the crime of turning a human without prior leave.

Accord Code 103.9—Living Vampire Exception (Genetic Anomaly)

What it means in Plain Fang: carves out a narrow lawful category for “living vampires” (rare DNA markers) and how they are treated retroactively.

Often used as a legal fiction to dispose of liability.

Accord Code 104.7—Prohibition on Rogue Turning

What it means in Plain Fang: elevates pattern or intent in unauthorised turnings to aggravated status .

REGISTRATION AND STATUS

Accord Code 137.2—Sentient Constructs and Sapient Houses

What it means in Plain Fang: recognises wizard houses and sapient artefacts as protected entities with restricted but real rights; interference requires a Council warrant.

Accord Code 601.2—Clan Transfer Protocol

What it means in Plain Fang: a vampire may change allegiance once per century with Council approval; bonded mates transfer automatically under this clause.

Accord Code 675.3—Unregistered Status Violation

What it means in Plain Fang: failure to register a new state (turning, clan, domicile) within the required timeframe. License to Turn and Registration of New Vampires. No human may be turned without a filed petition and Council writ. Paperwork must be lodged within 72 hours of rising.

Accord Code 703.8—Day-Walker Registration Requirements

What it means in Plain Fang: mandatory disclosure/registration of artefact-assisted or innate day-walking.

Accord Code 903.1—Oracle/Seer Designation and Disclosure

What it means in Plain Fang: procedure to recognise, record, and safeguard prophetic gifts.

“Oracle designation provisionally lodged under 903.1. ”

Accord Code 910.7—Mate-Bond Registration and Clan Standing

What it means in Plain Fang: formalises mate-bonds; confers standing and protections.

CONDUCT AND TERRITORY

Accord Code 112.6—Prohibition on Prior Claim against a Bonded Mate

What it means in Plain Fang: nullifies any antecedent “claim” once a lawful mate-bond is in force.

Accord Code 201.3—Consent in Feeding and Non-Lethal Protocols

What it means in Plain Fang: codifies voluntary feeding and bans lethal drains absent exigency.

Accord Code 212.4—Territorial Trespass and Safe - Conduct

What it means in Plain Fang: defines trespass; permits lenity for first-time/aid-motivated breaches.

Accord Code 212.9—Breach-of-Ward Restitution

What it means in Plain Fang: the clan that fractures another’s standing ward must restore all damage and pay triple reparations in coin, blood, or territory.

Accord Code 765.375—Right of Self-Defence

What it means in Plain Fang: affirms lethal/non-lethal self-defence when facing imminent unlawful harm. Any derivative creature may use lethal force against an immediate, unlawful threat; immunity is automatic if intent is proven.

“Immunity claimed under 765.375.”

Accord Code 780.2—Prohibition on Human Assassins (Diurnal)

What it means in Plain Fang: bars clans from employing human kill-teams in daylight operations.

WAR, SANCTIONS AND PROPERTY

Accord Code 501.6—Dissolution of Clan for Contempt and Uprising

What it means in Plain Fang: enables Council power to disband a clan for grave defiance or chamber violence.

Accord Code 520.1—Wartime Seizure and Restitution

What it means in Plain Fang: allows seizure of assets to remedy wartime or inter-clan harms.

Accord Code 540.9—Restitution for Damage to Council Holdings

What it means in Plain Fang: diverts dissolved assets to repair the Hall or Council property.

“Restitution ordered under 540.9.”

Accord Code 560.4—Anti-Infiltration and Ward Sabotage

What it means in Plain Fang: criminalises tampering with wards, keys, or sigils securing a clan seat.

Accord Code 812.4—War Designation and Blackout Protocols

What it means in Plain Fang: authorises comms burn, asset concealment, compulsory relocation to safe houses.

INTER - DERIVATIVE AND MINISTRY LIAISON

Accord Code 600.1—Cross - Derivative Respect and Non-Interference

What it means in Plain Fang: sets baseline respect among vampires, shifters, mages; defines jurisdiction .

Accord Code 600.9—Ministry Liaison and Evidence Handling

What it means in Plain Fang: authorises referral to the Magical Ministry for technical assays (bloodline, ethereal memory).

PUNITIVE LADDER

Accord Code 800.1—Sentence of Final Death (Capital Sanction)

What it means in Plain Fang: defines capital punishment threshold.

Accord Code 802.3—Hall of Silence Execution Protocols

What it means in Plain Fang: method and order of executions conducted by Council warrant.

Accord Code 820.5—Clan Sanctions Ladder

What it means in Plain Fang: graduated penalties: fines, censures, host withdrawals, dissolution.

Accord Code 899.7—Mercy Stay and Commutation

What it means in Plain Fang: council power to stay/commute sentences on public-interest grounds.