House Adaawk
House Adaawk
Category: Tsm’syen Law Page status: Working
Purpose
This page describes house adaawk as the legal memory held within a wilp or waap. It records how house-level histories, events, and precedents guide authority, responsibility, and conduct under Tsm’syen law.
This page does not treat house adaawk as folklore or private narrative.
General principles
- House adaawk carry law through memory.
- Adaawk establish rights, obligations, and standing.
- Authority is grounded in accuracy and witness.
- Adaawk guide conduct within and beyond the house.
- House adaawk operate within broader clan and Nation law.
ADAAWK
House legal memory
- House adaawk record the history of a wilp or waap.
- Adaawk include origins, names, crests, lands, and events.
- These records guide lawful authority and responsibility.
- Memory retains legal force through continuity.
HOUSE SCOPE
Internal authority
- House adaawk govern internal matters of the wilp or waap.
- Adaawk clarify membership, roles, and obligations.
- Internal disputes are interpreted through house adaawk.
- House scope does not exceed lawful boundaries.
AUTHORITY
Standing and legitimacy
- Adaawk establish standing of a house and its leaders.
- Sim’oogit authority is tied to adaawk and conduct.
- Misrepresentation of adaawk undermines legitimacy.
- Authority depends on correct recall and witness.
RELATIONSHIP
With other houses
- House adaawk clarify relationships with other houses.
- Adaawk record alliances, disputes, and compensation.
- These records guide inter-house conduct.
- Adaawk support lawful engagement beyond the house.
USE
Application in law
- House adaawk inform decisions and responses.
- Adaawk provide precedent for restoration and responsibility.
- Use of adaawk requires context and restraint.
- Selective or strategic use distorts law.
RECORDING
Preservation
- House adaawk are primarily held through oral transmission.
- Recording may support continuity but does not replace living memory.
- Context and lineage must accompany any record.
- Absence from record does not negate adaawk.
LIMITS
Boundaries
- House adaawk do not override clan or Nation law.
- Adaawk are not altered for convenience.
- External reinterpretation lacks authority.
- Lawful limits preserve integrity.
CONTINUITY
Transmission
- House adaawk are taught within the wilp or waap.
- Teaching occurs through participation and witness.
- Continuity depends on correct telling.
- Adaawk endure through care and use.
To be developed
- Documented examples of house adaawk
- Witnessing and validation practices
- Relationship to clan and tribal adaawk
- Recording and access standards
- Source citations
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