The Constitution and Statutes may be purchased from the Office of the Grand Secretary, 1623 Gateway Circle South, Grove City, Ohio 43123, Tel. (614) 883-2200.
The Constitution and Statutes do not include all annotations of Appeals and Opinions. Many annotations of Appeals and Opinions have been deleted for reasons of economy. The entire text of all Grand Tribunal Official Opinions and Appeals, which have been written and published are on file at the Office of the Grand Tribunal.
Section 60.5 of the Statutes of the Fraternal Order of Eagles states, as follows:
“The Grand Tribunal shall render all decisions and Official Opinions interpreting the Laws of the Order and any of the rules and regulations prescribed by the Board of Grand Trustees. Such decisions and Official Opinions shall be filed with the Secretary of the Grand Tribunal for permanent record and distributed as prescribed by the Board of Grand Trustees. No Grand Tribunal Justice or anyone in their department may request an Official Opinion. These decisions and Official Opinions shall annually be incorporated as annotations to the Constitution and Statutes of the Order:’
Formal opinions interpreting the Laws of the Order must come from the Grand Tribunal.
All communications and questions must be made in writing.
The proper procedure for requesting for an Opinion is:
1. Refer the request for information to the Grand Aerie Department Head in whose area the question lies.
2. If the Department Head is unable to answer the request for information, or there is a dispute or problem which cannot be resolved, the Department Head refers the request to the Grand Tribunal for a formal Opinion.
(Opinion No. 889)
NOTE: LAW CHANGES AND GRAND TRIBUNAL ANNOTATED OPINIONS FOR 2020 and 2021 ARE IN BOLD PRINT.
In our Eagle Constitution, Statutes, Opinions, and Annotations, the use of the masculine gender, where appropriate, includes the feminine and the use of the singular includes plural.
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