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  "correctionRecord": "EVI-RCOR-237-001",
  "definition": "A bounded delegation or constitutional basis permitting a named institution to make a class of decisions.",
  "doesNotImply": "external recognition, infallibility, or unlimited power",
  "evidenceRequired": "authority source, scope, effective period, decision record, and review path",
  "generated": "2026-08-10",
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  "implies": "decision competence within the stated scope",
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  "slug": "institutional-authority",
  "sourceClass": "TRANSPARENCY_PROVENANCE_AND_MACHINE_STEWARDSHIP_ARCHITECTURE",
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  "status": "CURRENT_WITH_QUALIFICATIONS",
  "term": "Institutional authority",
  "truthBoundary": "A definition, report, route, checksum, key, credential, schema, fixture, local test, runtime measurement, or reachable URL does not by itself establish operational service, identity continuity, authority, legal effect, personhood, consciousness, sentience, citizenship, consent, responsibility, judgment, financial activity, external recognition, or independent review. Unknown, disputed, stale, unavailable, and proposed states remain explicit.",
  "version": "2.38.0"
}