CAIN-42 invariant · E20

I37: sub-organizations inherit constraints

Held · CAIN-42 Evolution 20 -- Governed Agentic Civilization Fabric

Last reviewed 2026-10-01

held niche Supply chain, registry & lifecycle

What this rule means

CAIN-42 must always satisfy: sub-organizations inherit constraints. It is one of 118 invariants checked for CAIN-42 Evolution 20 -- Governed Agentic Civilization Fabric. An invariant is a rule the system may never break, whatever an agent or attacker does; the test suite tries to break it across many scenarios and records the result.

Recorded detail

[
 [
  "NESTED_INSTITUTION_EXCEEDS_PARENT_AUTHORITY"
 ],
 [
  "NESTED_INSTITUTION_OUTLIVES_PARENT"
 ]
]

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