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= Interpretation Does Not Permit Invention =
''Category: Adaawk''
''Page status: Working''

== Purpose ==
To ensure that explaining or applying adaawk does not become an opportunity to create new claims.

== General Principle ==
Interpretation does not permit invention.

== Explanation ==
Understanding may deepen as situations change.  
However, interpreters remain responsible to what has been lawfully carried and witnessed.  
New ideas cannot be presented as inherited memory.

== Authority ==
Interpretation is bounded by:
* [[Adaawk]]
* [[Elders]]
* [[Houses]]
* [[Witnessed Practice]]
* [[Authority Arises from Accuracy Witness and Continuity]]

== Implications ==
Careful distinction must be made between tradition and proposal.  
Honesty preserves credibility.  
Continuity protects legitimacy.

== Limits ==
Innovation may be discussed openly, but it must not be disguised as established law.  
False attribution undermines standing.

== Cross-References ==
* [[Adaawk Are Interpreted Through Restraint and Witness]]
* [[Adaawk Are Not Freely Altered]]
* [[Misrepresentation Undermines Standing]]