Definition
The stance that a grant of authority is held for a term against a renewable justification rather than owned outright. A lease expires by default, and continuing an authority grant requires fresh evidence rather than the absence of complaints.
It matters because, without a lease, silence renews a grant. Treating authority as a lease forces justified delegation to be re-established on a clock, and it puts the burden of proof on the delegation rather than on the people questioning it.
AgencyTemporal
Authority as a lease — the explainer, with a worked example
Tests that show it is in place
- Every grant has a renewal date, and passing it changes the grant state without human action.
- Renewal packets cite new evidence, not the original approval.
- The renewal burden rises with the consequence class and the elapsed duration of the grant.
Evidence to keep
- Artifact: A renewal record naming the evidence that justifies continuing the grant for a further term.
- Behavior: A grant lapsing on its renewal date because no renewal packet was filed.
- Metric: Median age of live grants against their declared renewal interval.
References
- Laws for engineering delegated intelligence · Doctrine