Limits are respected
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Limits Are Respected
All authority under Tsm’syen law is limited.
Those limits are known, respected, and enforced through Ayaawk.
Meaning
Limits define where authority begins and where it must stop.
They protect:
- Houses from domination
- Communities from overreach
- Law from misuse
- People from harm
- The future from being bound unlawfully
Limits are not weaknesses. They are safeguards.
Legal Principle
No authority is total.
Under Ayaawk:
- Authority is specific, not general
- Authority is conditional, not absolute
- Authority exists only within lawful bounds
- Authority ends where responsibility ends
To exceed limits is to act without standing.
Sources of Limits
Limits arise from:
- House jurisdiction
- Territorial responsibility
- Shared Ayaawk
- Witnessed mandates
- Purpose and scope of role
No role creates its own limits.
Respecting Limits
Limits are respected through:
- Acting only within lawful scope
- Deferring when authority does not apply
- Consulting affected houses or communities
- Accepting correction without resistance
- Stepping back when duty is fulfilled
Respect preserves legitimacy.
Violations
Failure to respect limits includes:
- Acting beyond mandate
- Centralizing authority without consent
- Using urgency to bypass law
- Treating coordination as control
- Claiming necessity where none exists
Such actions weaken law and invite correction.
Correction
When limits are breached:
- Authority may be paused or withdrawn
- Decisions may be set aside
- Roles may be rebalanced
- Witnesses may call correction
- Ayaawk is reaffirmed
Correction restores lawful balance.
Continuity
Limits ensure endurance.
By respecting limits:
- Law remains stable
- Authority remains trusted
- Power does not accumulate
- The Nation remains plural and free
Tsm’syen law survives because it knows where to stop.