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A '''Trial of Refusal''' is one of the [[Clan#Trials|Six Trials of Combat]].

The [[Clan Council]] makes many decisions and laws using an internal vote. After a vote, the council member can challenge the decision to a Trial of Refusal. A council member with a losing vote fights a member with a winning vote. The forces applied in the trial depend on the importance of the decision.

The ratio of forces involved in the trial reflects the vote. For example, if the vote was won 2:1, then the winners can field a force double that of the losers.  However after the pre-trial bidding, the ratio will be closer to even.  The council members involved in the trial are determined by internal bidding.  The member of a losing vote with a bid lower than the rest of the members with losing votes fights in the duel with their bid.  The same goes for the members with the winning votes.

When the [[ComStar]] vessel ''[[Outbound Light]]'' was captured before the invasion of the [[Inner Sphere]], a member of the ComStar crew asked what prevented a council member from casting a vote on the side they disagreed with if they knew it would lose so that, when they demanded a Trial of Refusal, the council member could bid an extremely low force that would definitely win the bidding but could not possibly win the trial. The suggestion that a warrior might consider this course of action was met with shock and frozen silence. One [[Loremaster]] refused any further interviews, and another prohibited the comstar officers from any contact with the warriors of his Clan. Such a breach of honor is clearly unthinkable.

=====Absorption Right=====
An interesting variation of the Trial of Refusal is the Absorption Right. The [[Grand Council]] can vote to allow one Clan to absorb another, but only by a unanimous vote (excepting the Clan being Absorbed). The council then determines which Clan will benefit from the Absorption. Naturally, the Clan to be Absorbed would demand a Trial of Refusal. The Clan chosen to absorb the weaker Clan may also be challenged by others in a Trial of Refusal even before battling the Clan to be Absorbed. The resulting trials can last for years. [[Clan Wolf]] won the right to Absorb [[Clan Widowmaker]] in [[2834]], for example, but had to defeat three other Clans for that right.

The Absorbing clan is usually much stronger in assets than it was before, but usually militarily much weaker due to the difficulty in subduing an entire clan, not to mention after winning several Trials of Refusal before that.

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-A '''Trial of Refusal''' is one of the [[Trial (Clan)|Six Trials of Combat]] used for resolving disputes within the [[Clans]].
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+A '''Trial of Refusal''' is one of the [[Clan#Trials|Six Trials of Combat]].
-==Description==
+The [[Clan Council]] makes many decisions and laws using an internal vote. After a vote, the council member can challenge the decision to a Trial of Refusal. A council member with a losing vote fights a member with a winning vote. The forces applied in the trial depend on the importance of the decision.
-The [[Clan Council]] makes many decisions and laws using an internal vote. After a vote, a Warrior-caste council member<ref name="edgc16">''Era Digest: Golden Century'', p. 16</ref> can challenge the decision to a Trial of Refusal. A council member with a losing vote fights a member with a winning vote. The forces applied in the trial depend on the importance of the decision. (When a conflict erupts between two individuals rather than the result of a vote, it is usually settled with a [[Trial of Grievance]]<ref name="edgc16"/>.)
-To prevent the Clans from being bogged down in endless Refusals, there are specific limits placed on them. The objecting party specifies what forces will participate in the trial.<ref name="edgc16"/> The ratio of forces involved in the trial reflects the vote. For example, if the vote was won 2:1, then the winners can field a force double that of the losers.  However after the pre-Trial bidding between those groups who seek to uphold the decision, the ratio will be closer to even.<ref name="edgc16"/>  The council members involved in the trial are determined by this internal bidding.  The member of a losing vote with a bid lower than the rest of the members with losing votes fights in the duel with their bid.  The same goes for the members with the winning votes.
+The ratio of forces involved in the trial reflects the vote. For example, if the vote was won 2:1, then the winners can field a force double that of the losers.  However after the pre-trial bidding, the ratio will be closer to even.  The council members involved in the trial are determined by internal bidding.  The member of a losing vote with a bid lower than the rest of the members with losing votes fights in the duel with their bid.  The same goes for the members with the winning votes.
-The outcome of a Trial of Refusal is not subject to a Trial of Refusal. No one may Refuse a Trial of Refusal, but multiple warriors may petition for Trials of Refusal. This means that a particularly unpopular vote may have to undergo several separate Trials. Only a single successful Trial of Refusal is needed to overturn the vote. After the first Trial of Refusal is complete, a majority vote is required to allow additional Trials.<ref name="edgc16"/>
+When the [[ComStar]] vessel ''[[Outbound Light]]'' was captured before the invasion of the [[Inner Sphere]], a member of the ComStar crew asked what prevented a council member from casting a vote on the side they disagreed with if they knew it would lose so that, when they demanded a Trial of Refusal, the council member could bid an extremely low force that would definitely win the bidding but could not possibly win the trial. The suggestion that a warrior might consider this course of action was met with shock and frozen silence. One [[Loremaster]] refused any further interviews, and another prohibited the comstar officers from any contact with the warriors of his Clan. Such a breach of honor is clearly unthinkable.
-Only the affected parties may fight in the Trial of Refusal, but these parties can call upon allies who were not part of the original decision. Just as these allies would benefit from a successful Trial of Refusal, should they fail, they will face the same outcome as the original affected party that they supported. The most common example is a Warrior who assists another Warrior in a Trial of Refusal over a punishment failing to win the Trial; The allied Warrior now has to perform the same punishment duty but if he had declined to help he wouldn't face any punishment at all.<ref name="edgc16"/>
+=====Absorption Right=====
+An interesting variation of the Trial of Refusal is the Absorption Right. The [[Grand Council]] can vote to allow one Clan to absorb another, but only by a unanimous vote (excepting the Clan being Absorbed). The council then determines which Clan will benefit from the Absorption. Naturally, the Clan to be Absorbed would demand a Trial of Refusal. The Clan chosen to absorb the weaker Clan may also be challenged by others in a Trial of Refusal even before battling the Clan to be Absorbed. The resulting trials can last for years. [[Clan Wolf]] won the right to Absorb [[Clan Widowmaker]] in [[2834]], for example, but had to defeat three other Clans for that right.
-A Trial of Refusal is not permitted to override a ''satarra'', a vetoing of disputes between castes by the Clan council.<ref name="edgc16"/>
+The Absorbing clan is usually much stronger in assets than it was before, but usually militarily much weaker due to the difficulty in subduing an entire clan, not to mention after winning several Trials of Refusal before that.
-When the [[ComStar]] vessel ''[[Outbound Light]]'' was captured before the invasion of the [[Inner Sphere]], a member of the ComStar crew asked what prevented a council member from casting a vote on the side they disagreed with if they knew it would lose so that, when they demanded a Trial of Refusal, the council member could bid an extremely low force that would definitely win the bidding but could not possibly win the trial. The suggestion that a warrior might consider this course of action was met with shock and frozen silence. One [[Loremaster]] refused any further interviews, and another prohibited the ComStar officers from any contact with the warriors of his Clan. Such a breach of honor is clearly unthinkable.
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-A [[Rite of Absorption]] is a combination of a Trial of Refusal and a [[Trial of Possession]].<ref>''Era Digest: Golden Century'', p. 13</ref>
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-*''[[Era Digest: Golden Century]]''
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