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== Transfers of authority witnessed and confirmed ==

Transfers of authority are lawful only when they are witnessed and confirmed.
Authority does not move quietly, privately, or by assertion alone.

Witnessing and confirmation protect continuity, legitimacy, and responsibility.

=== What a transfer of authority is ===
A transfer of authority may include:
* succession to a name or title
* confirmation of stewardship over territory
* delegation of responsibility within a house
* restoration of authority after disruption
* limitation or withdrawal of authority following violation

Each transfer alters responsibility and must be made visible.

=== Role of witnessing ===
Witnessing ensures that:
* the transfer actually occurred
* proper protocol was followed
* responsibility was accepted knowingly
* the community can recall the transfer later

Without witnesses, authority remains unsettled.

=== Feast confirmation ===
Feast confirmation completes the transfer.

Through feast:
* the transfer is declared publicly
* witnesses hear and accept it
* responsibility is fixed in collective memory
* denial or revision is prevented

What is confirmed in feast becomes binding.

=== Relationship to responsibility ===
Authority never transfers alone.

What transfers with authority:
* obligations
* unresolved duties
* historical consequences
* expectations of conduct

The new holder inherits the full record, not a clean slate.

=== Limits on transfer ===
Authority cannot be lawfully transferred:
* without witnesses
* without acknowledgment
* to escape responsibility
* to erase past obligations

Improper transfers are contestable.

=== Recording in adaawk ===
Adaawk preserve transfers across generations.

They record:
* when and why authority moved
* who witnessed and confirmed it
* what responsibilities followed
* whether obligations were fulfilled or violated

Adaawk anchor present authority in past action.

=== Consequences of disputed transfer ===
When a transfer is disputed:
* witnesses are recalled
* adaawk are consulted
* feast acknowledgment clarifies legitimacy
* unresolved transfers remain legally active

Dispute signals unfinished process.

=== Core principle ===
'''Authority moves only when responsibility is publicly carried forward.'''
What is witnessed and confirmed endures.


== Future links ==
* [[Living Witnesses]]
* [[Feast acknowledgment]]
* [[Adaawk as Legal Memory]]
* [[Intergenerational continuity]]
* [[No authority exists without history]]
* [[What happens when responsibilities are violated]]

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