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# 13.3 Decision Codes

The current Layer 0 decision domain contains four canonical outcomes:

```
ADMIT
DENY
DEFER
COLLAPSE
```

The decision priority is:

```
COLLAPSE
>
DENY
>
DEFER
>
ADMIT
```

***

#### ADMIT

Required Layer 0 conditions are satisfied.

An admitted action may proceed toward Execution Permit issuance.

```
ADMIT
→
Permit may be issued
```

`ADMIT` does not mean that execution has already occurred.

Downstream runtime systems may impose further restrictions.

Current MVP status:

```
Specified
Implemented
Validated
```

***

#### DENY

A required admissibility condition has failed under the current governance state.

Execution is not permitted through the evaluated path.

Typical examples include:

* no applicable authority,
* revoked authority,
* expired authority,
* scope failure,
* invalid policy binding,
* or intent mismatch.

Current MVP status:

```
Specified
Implemented
Validated
```

within the current MVP scope.

***

#### DEFER

Admissibility cannot yet be conclusively determined because required information, signatures, evidence, verification, approval, or review remains unresolved.

```
DEFER
≠
ADMIT
```

A deferred action does not obtain execution authorization while the required condition remains unresolved.

Current MVP status:

```
Specified
Not currently claimed as implemented
Not currently validated
```

***

#### COLLAPSE

A structural or constitutional failure prevents a valid admissibility basis from being established under the current governance path.

Collapse is conceptually stronger than ordinary rejection.

```
DENY
=
Request rejected under current conditions.
```

```
COLLAPSE
=
The legitimacy structure required
for the admission path has failed.
```

Current MVP status:

```
Specified
Not currently claimed as implemented
Not currently validated
```

***