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The '''Covenant Laws''' are a system of rules established by the [[Hierarchs]] of the [[Covenant]], enforced through a set of institutions, used as an instrument to underpin civil obedience, politics, economics and society.
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Below are a list of known Covenant laws.
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.
==The Laws==
==Known laws==
#The modifying of Covenant and Forerunner equipment without the permission of the Hierarchs should be counted as Heresy and the persons responsible be executed publicly.<ref>'''Halo: The Cole Protocol'''</ref><ref>'''[[Halo: Contact Harvest]]'''</ref>
#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''</ref><ref name="TCP">''Halo: The Cole Protocol''</ref> this may lead to genocidal war when such heresy is conducted on a large scale.<ref name="CH"/>
#The wielding of an upholstered weapon in front of a Prophet can be an executable sentence.<ref>'''[[Halo: The Cole Protocol]]''', ''page 145''</ref>
#Wielding an unsecured weapon near a Hierarch is punishable by death.<ref>'''Halo: The Cole Protocol''', ''page 145''</ref>
#The failure to obey an order, which directly causes the endangerment of a [[San'Shyuum|Prophet]], can lead to beheading. <ref>'''[[Halo: The Flood]]'''</ref>
#Failure to obey an order, thus causing the endangerment of a [[San'Shyuum|Prophet]], is punishable by death.<ref>''Halo: The Flood''</ref>
#The destruction of Forerunner equipment can be punishable by genocidal war.<ref>'''Halo:Contact Harvest'''</ref><ref>'''Halo:The Cole Protocol'''</ref>
#A [[Kig-Yar]] not reporting non-violent contact with the enemy can result in castration.<ref name="TCP"/>
#The rebellion against the Covenant and Great Journey can result in persecution.
#Failure to protect a Forerunner artifact is punishable by death.<ref>''Halo: First Strike''</ref>
#A [[Kig-Yar]] not reporting non-violent contact with the enemy can result in castration.<ref>'''[[Halo: The Cole Protocol]]'''</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>
#Failure to protect a Forerunner artifact will lead to execution. <ref>'''[[Halo: First Strike|Halo:First Strike]]'''</ref>
#Murder of a [[Sangheili]] near a holy site is punishable by execution. <ref>'''[[Conversations from the Universe#Grunt Conversation|Conversations from the Universe]]</ref>


==List of appearances==
==List of appearances==

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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.

Known laws

  1. The modifying of Covenant and Forerunner technology without permission from the Hierarchs is heresy and the persons responsible shall be executed publicly;[1][2] this may lead to genocidal war when such heresy is conducted on a large scale.[1]
  2. Wielding an unsecured weapon near a Hierarch is punishable by death.[3]
  3. Failure to obey an order, thus causing the endangerment of a Prophet, is punishable by death.[4]
  4. A Kig-Yar not reporting non-violent contact with the enemy can result in castration.[2]
  5. Failure to protect a Forerunner artifact is punishable by death.[5]
  6. Murder of a Sangheili near a holy site is punishable by death.[6]

List of appearances

Sources

  1. ^ a b Halo: Contact Harvest
  2. ^ a b Halo: The Cole Protocol
  3. ^ Halo: The Cole Protocol, page 145
  4. ^ Halo: The Flood
  5. ^ Halo: First Strike
  6. ^ Conversations from the Universe
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