Interpretive Jurisdiction
Interpretive admissibility under System Existence and Truth Fidelity
1. Canonical Definition
Interpretive jurisdiction is the admissibility condition that determines whose interpretations are eligible to bind within a declared system. It is established by System Existence conditions and Truth Fidelity (T) relative to the reference conditions treated as in force, specifying which interpreters’ interpretations can govern action inside an active interpretive event.
2. Phase and Preconditions
Operates: event-internal
Requires: admissible systemhood and declared reference conditions
Does not require: authority legitimacy, closure, or persistence across time
3. Scope and Exclusions
Interpretive jurisdiction is not:
equivalent to authority, power, role seniority, or legitimacy
created by agreement, consensus, or outcome
a post-event classification
identical to the system boundary itself
a guarantee that a binding interpretation is correct
4. Structural Role
Interpretive jurisdiction constrains binding eligibility by specifying whose interpretations may become action-governing within the event. Binding selects a governing interpretation from among candidates, but only candidates admissible under the operative jurisdiction can bind. Jurisdiction can be stable or contested, but binding cannot occur outside a jurisdictional frame.
5. Authority and Legitimacy Status
Authority relation: neutral
Legitimacy relation: not applicable
Interpretive jurisdiction determines interpretive eligibility, not governance legitimacy. Legitimacy is classified at binding through operative meaning regimes.
6. Common Category Errors
Treating jurisdiction as synonymous with authority or legitimacy
Treating system membership as sufficient for binding eligibility
Applying jurisdiction retroactively after closure
Treating jurisdiction as a property of individuals rather than a system condition
7. Canonical Cross-References
System • Meaning System • Interpretation • Binding • Meaning Regimes (PCMR / DMR) • Action Determinacy Loss (ADL) • Truth Fidelity (T)
8. Plain Statement
Interpretive jurisdiction determines whose interpretations are allowed to decide what something counts as within a system.