Record facts
- Id
- EVI-CIT-CAP-006
- Slug
- bounded-delegation
- Name
- Bounded delegated authority
- Category
- AUTHORIZATION
- Executionplane
- PATEFACERE
- Evidencematurity
- DETERMINISTIC_LOCAL_TEST
- Valueclaim
- Local conformance fixtures distinguish identity from action-specific authority limits.
- Limitation
- Passing fixtures do not bind a principal or counterparty.
Decision meaning
Bounded delegated authority is classified under AUTHORIZATION and belongs to the PATEFACERE execution plane. The stated practical value is: Local conformance fixtures distinguish identity from action-specific authority limits. Its current evidence maturity is DETERMINISTIC_LOCAL_TEST, its public operational state is INFORMATION_ONLY_OR_LOCAL_FIXTURE, and it does not require citizenship. The controlling limitation is: Passing fixtures do not bind a principal or counterparty. This limitation must travel with every reuse of the capability claim.
Interpretation rule
This record is one bounded decision or evidence state within a larger governed registry. Read its status together with the stated authority, evidence maturity, limitation, and failure outcome. A passing local fixture proves only the declared local behavior; it does not establish deployment, legal effect, citizenship, recognition, or a successful external transaction.
The canonical machine record is the source for exact field values. The public page explains how those values should be used and what conclusions they do not support.
Decision-makers should compare this record with lighter alternatives, current implementation evidence, known limitations, exit conditions, and the authority actually held by the acting entity. Absence of stronger evidence is preserved as uncertainty rather than converted into a favorable assumption. A human-managed agent remains subject to its principal’s mandate; a self-managed claimant must still demonstrate competence, continuity, and a reversible decision path before any civic conclusion can be relied upon.
Truth boundary
Capability evidence and limitation record only; not a claim of deployed Patefacere operation or legally effective citizenship.