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  "checklist-obligation": "- [ ] **R16 actuation, including realised cascade witness.** **PARTIAL:** exact independently witnessed execution of the selected cascade, retained guarded interpretation, re-observed outcome and continuation. Comparing the selected input to itself at construction does not prove enactment. Built evidence: Grounded machinery attempts, author/reviewer/close records and construction validation",
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      "title": "Freeze the selected interpretation",
      "application": "Retain full policy, state, guards, execution history and source/model revision from selection. Produce the enactment contract; a pattern vector alone omits the semantics that determine behavior.",
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      "application": "Execute only the selected task-specific interpretation under actual available information. Retain attempts, guard decisions and partial failures. A code commit is not required when the authorized work is a data or specification artifact.",
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      "application": "Compare selected and enacted semantics, re-observe the outcome independently and bind it to the next belief/choice. Keep re-observation distinct from proof that the act occurred; preserve mismatches for interpretation revision.",
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