The Password Jinx Act of 1803
History:
The Password Jinx Act of 1803 was drafted shortly following the battle of the freeze tag, 1802, in which Colonel Billy had imposed a Personal Jinx upon the opposing commander, Major Teddy. There was, at the time some confusion, because Colonel Billy's second in command was also named Teddy, and while it was quite unclear at the time, historians now agree that Colonel Billy, had in fact been addressing his subordinate when Major Teddy claimed the Jinx to have been broken.
The immediate confusion, and the inability to settle the matter ultimate lead to the drafting of the Password Jinx Act in the United States of America, and it's much later adoption during the Ice Cream Truck Accords of 1987 as a Neighborhood Standard.
About:
The Password Jinx Act states that, upon uttering the same word as another person, the first to call password jinx upon the other has exclusive rights to keeping the second from speaking. The password is told once to the person who has been jinxed, but as they are not allowed to speak, they may not share it.
The password jinx is a third tier jinx, in that it can only be enacted once the jinx, and personal jinx have been enacted.
The main benefit of the password jinx, beyond cleaning name confusion, is that the password may be given to a third party if necessary, however the password jinx's biggest weakness is that there is a small chance that if the proper word or phrase is not chosen, it will be uttered by accident.
