CHECK.

No penalty can be enforced for an offence committed against these
rules in consequence of a false announcement of "check." When check
is given it is not obligatory to announce the check.


"J'ADOUBE."

"J'adoube," "I adjust," or words to that effect, cannot protect a
player from any of the penalties imposed by these laws, unless the
man or men touched, obviously _need_ adjustment, and unless such
notification be distinctly uttered _before_ the man, or men, be
touched, and only the player whose turn it is to move is allowed so
to adjust.

The hand having once quitted the man, but for an instant, the move
must stand.

Men overturned or displaced accidentally may be replaced by either
player, without notice.

A wilful displacement, or overturning of any of the men, forfeits
the game.


PENALTIES.