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The Standards for Evaluation of Names and Armory:The Rules for Submissions• other divisions into four equal parts(may have substantial difference between themselves, if they share no lines in common, such asper pale and per chevron compared to per fess and per bend sinister)• party of six• checky• lozengy and all other grid-like partitions (such as barry bendy and per pale and chevronelly)2. Substantial Change of Tincture: If the field of a new field-primary submission has no tinctures incommon with the field of a protected piece of armory, they do not conflict. If a new submission with a fielddivided into two sections, three sections, quarterly, or per saltire has changed the tincture of each section ofthat field and each has at least one tincture on the field that the other does not, the two are substantiallydifferent and do not conflict.Furs are considered to be different from one another and from their base tincture. The addition of a fieldtreatment is also a change of tincture.For example, Per chevron azure and gules and Per chevron sable and argent do not conflict, because thefields do not share a tincture. Per pale azure and gules and Per pale gules and argent do not conflict,because they are a type of field division with two sections, they have changed the tincture of each section,and each one has a tincture that differs. Similarly, Quarterly azure and gules, a bordure argent andQuarterly gules and Or a bordure argent do not conflict because they are four-section field divisions, theyhave changed the tincture of each section, and they each have a tincture that differs - the tincture of thebordure is not relevant.In contrast, Per pale azure and gules is not clear of conflict under this rule with Per pale gules and azurebecause neither has a tincture the other does not. Barry bendy vert and argent is not clear of conflict underthis rule with Barry bendy sinister vert and Or because both share a tincture in the same section. Paly azureand gules is not clear of conflict under this rule with Paly gules and argent because they are divided intomultiple sections (such that the order of the tinctures makes little visual difference) and they share atincture. This is true even for Paly of four parts.Per bend ermine and azure is substantially different from Per bend erminois and gules and from Per bendargent and sable. Per fess argent and gules is substantially different from Per fess argent masoned gulesand sable. In each case, the two pieces of armory have no tinctures in common.G. Standards for Difference through Two Distinct Changes: A distinct change (DC) is a change that wasgenerally used as a cadency step or is similar in visual weight and meaning to changes that were used ascadency steps. Any new design which has at least two distinct changes from a protected design does notconflict with it. In older precedent, two elements which have a distinct change between them were sometimessaid to be significantly different, or that there was a CD between them; in current precedent they are said to bedistinctly changed, or that there is a DC between them. The types of changes which are substantially differentwhen applied to primary charges under A.5.E above generally count as a distinct change when applied toother charge groups.When comparing two armorial designs, the procedures outlined in A.5.C above should be followed.For any given section below, only one distinct change (DC) can be derived from one type of change to asingle charge group, no matter how radical the changes. Multiple distinct changes (DCs) may be derivedfrom multiple types of changes to a single charge group or by changes to multiple charge groups. In general,a change to half the charge group (as defined in A.5.C.2.d above) is sufficient for a distinct change. However,for a half which is defined as a special case in A.5.C.2.d above a maximum of one distinct change can bederived from all changes to that half, no matter how radical the changes.Standards for Evaluation of Names and Armory – April 29, 2012 - Page 59 of 73
The Standards for Evaluation of Names and Armory:The Rules for Submissions1. Changes to the Field: Distinctly changing the tinctures, direction of partition lines, style of partition lines,or number of pieces in a partition of the field is one distinct change (DC). For armory with a primary chargegroup, at most one distinct change can come from changes to the field.For example, Lozengy Or and azure, a martlet gules has only one DC from Per pale indented argent andsable, a martlet gules, even though these fields are dramatically different.Field-primary armory can be cleared of conflict by a single substantial change to the field as described inA.5.F above, through two distinct changes under this rule, or through two distinct changes under anycombination of rules in A.5.G, including changes to peripheral ordinaries and tertiary charges on them.a. Change of Tincture: If the tincture of at least half the field is changed, the fields will be considereddifferent enough to be a distinct change (DC). There is a distinct change for swapping or rotating thetinctures of a field evenly divided into two, three, or four parts. There is not a distinct change forswapping the tinctures of a field divided into more than four parts. Furs and fields with field treatmentsare considered different tinctures from their underlying tincture and from other variants which share anunderlying tincture.For example, each of the following has one DC from the other two: Argent, a tree vert, Ermine, a treevert and Argent masoned sable, a tree vert. In each case, the field tincture is distinctly changed. Per pallsable, gules, and argent has one DC from both Per pall azure, gules, and Or and Per pall gules, argent,and sable. In each case at least half of the field tincture has been changed.For example, Quarterly argent and azure, a lucy gules has one DC from Quarterly azure and argent, alucy gules. However, Checky argent and azure, a lucy gules does not have a DC from Checky azure andargent, a lucy gules.b. Change of Direction of Partition Lines: A change of direction of partition lines creates a distinctchange (DC). The major single partition lines include: per bend, per bend sinister, per pale, per fess, perchevron, and per chevron inverted; a change from one to another (whether as single lines or multipleforms) is a distinct change. In addition, a change from any of these to per saltire, quarterly, gyronny (ofany number of pieces), per pall, and per pall inverted, checky, and lozengy or a change between any ofthese is considered a distinct change. A change in direction of half the lines of a design gives a distinctchange. In general, the addition, removal, or change of a partition line or group of partition lines thatchanges the organization of tinctures in ways that affect at least half the field will be considered a distinctchange.For example, Per bend vair and gules is a DC from Per pale vair and gules. For example, Barry bendysable and Or is a DC from Paly bendy sable and Or. For example, Barry wavy azure and argent is a DCfrom Per pale and barry wavy azure and argent.c. Change of Style of Partition Lines: All partition lines have a style, either plain (straight) or complex. Achange of style of half the partition lines is a distinct change (DC). The types of complex lines which aredistinctly different are discussed in Appendix M.For example, Per pale is a DC from Per pale embattled. For example, Barry wavy is a DC from Barryengrailed and from Barry (plain). For example, Quarterly is a DC from Quarterly per fess indented.d. Change of Number of Pieces: Changing the number of pieces into which the field is divided is a distinctchange (DC). When considering the field as a whole, a field with one, two, three, or four pieces has adistinct change from armory with any other number, but above that there is no distinct change. Whenconsidering changes to only half of an already divided field, a half with one, two, or three pieces can havea distinct change from armory with a half of any other number of pieces, but any number beyond that isStandards for Evaluation of Names and Armory – April 29, 2012 - Page 60 of 73
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