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Last Train (n.)
The public transport leaving the station at 11:34pm that you would have caught to get back to your hotel 7 km from the bridge venue had you not made a bid on the last board that caused your partner to tank (see Tank) for 13 minutes which you had made at 11:12pm.

Law of Restricted Choice (n.)
The law that determines the card you must play when you open 5S with a 10-1-1-1 distribution and your LHO leads a side suit.

Law of Total Tricks (n.)
1. A law of trick-taking ability whose verity is restricted to how many more tricks you can take than the opposition can make.

2. A law that says if you add the total number of trumps for each side, and put two zeroes on the end of that number, will tell you the result if you compete one level higher.

Lebensohl (n.)
A convention used to tell partner you have a bad hand... And want him to go down instead of you.

Light Opening (adj.)
An opening with few HCPs that tends to leave partner in the dark.

Lightner Double (n.)
A double which warns opponents about bad breaks, tells them to run to 6NT and in addition to how to play it.