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Decree for the Reasonable Restriction of Underage Sorcery • Rules and laws The Decree for the Reasonable Restriction of Underage Sorcery was written in 1875 by the Ministry of Magic (CS2). This law forbids the use of underage magic outside of school, and is enforced by the Improper Use of Magic Office. Warnings are given for violation under paragraph C knowingly,… Read More

The defeat of the Appeal Against House-Elf Slavery • Event The Appeal Against House-Elf Slavery, a legal appeal challenging house-elf servitude, is defeated (JKR-W3). Read More

Department of Magical Equipment Control • Ministry of Magic The Department of Magical Equipment Control is a department or office in the Ministry of Magic which concerns itself with the many types of magical items and devices which exist in the wizarding world. This section regulates problems with equipment such as faulty wands and loose-bottomed cauldrons (DP1). Read More

Department of Magical Law Enforcement • Ministry of Magic A department in the Ministry of Magic, which is the wizarding equivalent of both the Muggle police force and the judiciary… Read More

Department of Magical Law Enforcement (MACUSA) • Organizations Set up soon after the Salem Witch Trials (1693) by Josiah Jackson, the first President of the Magical Congress of the United States (MACUSA). The first priority was to hire Aurors who could hunt down the Scourers, evil wizards who had turned against their own kind and sold them out… Read More

Sub-division dealing with No-Maj Fraternisation • Rules and laws • Titles, nicknames, and honorifics One section of MACUSA in the 1920s was devoted to keeping wizards and witches from associating with No-Majs in any way, by order of Rappaports Law separating the two worlds (Pm). This law had no counterpart in England’s Ministry of Magic because they had no such law and allowed interaction,… Read More

Dolores Umbridge crafts anti-werewolf legislation • Event The new law makes it almost impossible for Remus Lupin to get a job. Read More

DP3: Daily Prophet Issue 3 • Source June 1st 1999The Daily ProphetPrice: 7 Knuts Headlines (Front Page) GOBLIN RIOTS ERUPT IN CHIPPING CLODBURY Making sure the purchaser of your old wand is human (page 11) Why can’t goblins be more like elves? (page 32) Advertisement: TerrorTours Problem Page HOW MUCH REVENGE… Read More

DP4: Daily Prophet Issue 4 • Source Oct 1st 1999The Daily ProphetPrice: 7 Knuts Headlines MINISTRY IMPOSES RESTRICTIONS NEW POTION GIVES HOPE FOR HAGS Advertisement: Poor memory? Sports Quidditch League Table & Match Information Ballycastle Bats lead the league with 820 points and the Falmouth Falcons are still at the… Read More