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{{Status|Canon}}
{{Era|Covenant|Human|UNSC|HCW}}
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A strong '''legal system''' was used to keep the client species of the [[Covenant]] in line. Many strictures were established by the [[Hierarchs]] to underpin civil obedience, politics, economics and society.
A strong '''legal system''' was used to keep the client species of the [[Covenant]] in line. Many strictures were established by the [[Hierarchs]] to underpin civil obedience, politics, economics and society.


Certain laws can technically be changed or overruled by the Hierarchs, as evident of the [[Great Schism]] stripping the [[Sangheili]] of all their rights despite many deeming it as unconstitutional as it violated the very [[Writ of Union]].
Certain laws can be changed or overruled by the Hierarchs, as evident of the [[Great Schism]] stripping the [[Sangheili]] of all their rights.
==Known laws==
==Known laws==
*Failure to protect a Forerunner artifact is punishable by death.<ref>''Halo: First Strike'', Epilogue</ref>
*Failure to protect a Forerunner artifact is punishable by death.<ref>''Halo: First Strike'', Epilogue</ref>
*[[Hierarchs]] must rule following the ''[[Book of Hierarchs]]''.
*[[Hierarchs]] must rule following the ''[[Book of Hierarchs]]''.
*The modifying of Covenant and [[Forerunner]] technology without permission from the Hierarchs is heresy and the persons responsible shall be executed publicly;<ref name="CH">''Halo: Contact Harvest'', Chapter 9</ref><ref name="TCP">''[[Halo: The Cole Protocol]]'', Chapter 19</ref> this may lead to genocidal war when such heresy is conducted by a species on a large scale.{{Ref/Reuse|CH}}
*The modifying of Covenant and [[Forerunner]] technology without permission from the Hierarchs is heresy and the persons responsible shall be executed publicly;<ref name="CH">''Halo: Contact Harvest'', Chapter 9</ref><ref name="TCP">''[[Halo: The Cole Protocol]]'', Chapter 19</ref> this may lead to genocidal war when such heresy is conducted on a large scale.<ref name="CH"/>
*Wielding an unsecured weapon near a Hierarch is punishable by death,{{Ref/Reuse|TCP}} with the exception of [[Honor Guard]]s protecting them.
*Wielding an unsecured weapon near a Hierarch is punishable by death,<ref name="TCP"/> with the exception of [[Honor Guard]]s protecting them.
*[[Sangheili]] and [[San'Shyuum]] are first class citizens above all other species,<ref>[[Bestiarum]] "The Sangheili are, simply put, technological and societal equals of the Prophets yet, for a significant period, found themselves as the dominant military muscle for the entire Covenant structure"</ref> as per the [[Writ of Union]].
*Sangheili and San'Shyuum are first class citizens above all other species.<ref>[[Bestiarum]] "The Sangheili are, simply put, technological and societal equals of the Prophets yet, for a significant period, found themselves as the dominant military muscle for the entire Covenant structure"</ref>
**Failure to obey an order, thus causing the endangerment of a [[San'Shyuum|Prophet]], is punishable by death.<ref>''Halo: The Flood'', Chapter 7</ref>
**Failure to obey an order, thus causing the endangerment of a [[San'Shyuum|Prophet]], is punishable by death.<ref>''Halo: The Flood'', Chapter 7</ref>
**Murder of a [[Sangheili]] near a holy site is punishable by death.<ref>''[[Conversations from the Universe#Grunt Conversation|Conversations from the Universe]]''</ref>
**Murder of a [[Sangheili]] near a holy site is punishable by death.<ref>''[[Conversations from the Universe#Grunt Conversation|Conversations from the Universe]]''</ref>
*All [[San'Shyuum]] must follow the [[Roll of Celibates]].
*A [[Kig-Yar]] not reporting non-violent contact with the enemy can result in castration.<ref>''Halo: The Cole Protocol'', Chapter 24</ref>
*A [[Kig-Yar]] not reporting non-violent contact with the enemy can result in castration.<ref>''Halo: The Cole Protocol'', Chapter 24</ref>


===Known Hierarch decrees===
===Known Hierarch decrees===
*'''[[Ages of Reconciliation|First Age of Reconciliation]]'''
*'''[[Ages of Reconciliation|First Age of Reconciliation]]'''
{{Quote|I must tell you that High Charity now has a new [[Ministry of Anticipatory Security|Ministry]],|[[Qurlom]] relaying a decree from the [[High Prophet of Excellent Redolence]]}}
{{Outofdate|[[Halo: Broken Circle]]}}
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*'''[[Ages of Doubt|Twenty-Ninth Age of Doubt]]'''
*'''[[Ages of Doubt|Twenty-Ninth Age of Doubt]]'''
{{Quote|It is known the Kig-Yar ship Pitiless has brought forth an Unclean Being's corpse. Hear now, all Kig-Yar vessels are to be searched. Let faithful Sangheili lead teams of Unggoy to all Kig-Yar ships and seek further evidence of the Unclean. It is done.|[[High Prophet of Restraint]]}}
{{Quote|It is known the Kig-Yar ship Pitiless has brought forth an Unclean Being's corpse. Hear now, all Kig-Yar vessels are to be searched. Let faithful Sangheili lead teams of Unggoy to all Kig-Yar ships and seek further evidence of the Unclean. It is done.|[[High Prophet of Restraint]]}}
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{{Quote|Hear now, all personnel to spend today's second rest period in attentive watchfulness before display monitors. All display monitors to show the humbling punishment of the Sangheili Supreme Commander of the Fleet of Particular Justice for failure, cowardice, and lack of faith.|[[High Prophet of Truth|High Prophets of Truth]], [[High Prophet of Regret|Regret]], and [[High Prophet of Mercy|Mercy]]}}
{{Quote|Hear now, all personnel to spend today's second rest period in attentive watchfulness before display monitors. All display monitors to show the humbling punishment of the Sangheili Supreme Commander of the Fleet of Particular Justice for failure, cowardice, and lack of faith.|[[High Prophet of Truth|High Prophets of Truth]], [[High Prophet of Regret|Regret]], and [[High Prophet of Mercy|Mercy]]}}
*'''[[Changing of the Guard]]/[[Great Schism]]'''
*'''[[Changing of the Guard]]/[[Great Schism]]'''
{{Quote|In recognition of the virtue of the Jiralhanae, it is ordered that all Sangheili aboard the Fleet of Profound Solitude, The Fleet of Tranquil Composure, and the Fleet of Inner Knowledge to be completely replaced by Jiralhanae. Each removed Sangheili is to be assigned other duties. In celebration, all imprisoned or criminal Jiralhanae to be released, rehabilitated, and pardoned.|[[High Prophet of Truth]]}}
{{Quote|“In recognition of the virtue of the Jiralhanae, it is ordered that all Sangheili aboard the Fleet of Profound Solitude, The Fleet of Tranquil Composure, and the Fleet of Inner Knowledge to be completely replaced by Jiralhanae. Each removed Sangheili is to be assigned other duties. In celebration, all imprisoned or criminal Jiralhanae to be released, rehabilitated, and pardoned.|[[High Prophet of Truth]]}}
 
==List of appearances==
==List of appearances==
*''[[Halo: The Flood]]'' {{1st}}
*''[[Halo: The Flood]]'' {{1st}}
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==Sources==
==Sources==
{{Ref/Sources}}
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[[Category:The Covenant]]
[[Category:The Covenant]]

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