One of the most important debates in contract theory concerns the proper role or purpose of default rules.

The application of a default rule leads to the addition of its consequence to the theory.

Other default rules may then be applied to the resulting theory.

It is the default rule prescribed in books like Robert's Rules of Order.

The default rules and their statutory background are extremely interesting.

The default rule is very hard to win.

So the first in first out rule is more of a default rule.

Under the default rules, each even number rolled counts as a success, while odd numbers count as nothing.

This default rule has several exceptions, called "nonrecognition" rules, which are scattered throughout the Code.

That is very different from the present situation, in which the default rule is not to publish anything.