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    "adjudicationStatus": "unreviewed",
    "publishableCanonical": false,
    "generatedAt": "2026-09-11T09:19:58Z",
    "providers": [
      "Claude"
    ],
    "breadth": "written by Claude from model knowledge without web access - no source was read, every claim is a lead to verify",
    "pass": 2,
    "wave": 1,
    "engine": "claude",
    "enrichment": {
      "pass": 3,
      "engine": "claude",
      "producedAt": "2026-10-05T16:30:00Z",
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        "ethics",
        "owners"
      ]
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      "at": "2026-10-07T12:16:27+00:00",
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        "review by codex: pass"
      ]
    }
  },
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    "domain": [
      "SOC.ECO"
    ],
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    "purpose": "Let an agent explain inheritance factually by legal framework, heirs, wills, taxes and process, without legal or tax advice on individual estates.",
    "definition": "That which is inherited: property, titles or estate passing by law or will to heirs on the death of the owner; historical rules include primogeniture and borough English. Genetic inheritance is a different sense.",
    "what_it_is_for": "Transferring property across generations.",
    "affordances": [
      "understand intestacy rules in general terms",
      "know when a will matters",
      "understand inheritance taxes",
      "find probate information and professional help"
    ],
    "distinguishing_features": [
      "Passes on death",
      "By will or by law",
      "Taxes may apply",
      "Rules vary widely by country"
    ],
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      "Wills and grants of probate",
      "Intestacy rules",
      "Genetic inheritance is another sense"
    ],
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      "testate inheritance (with a will)",
      "intestate succession",
      "forced heirship",
      "historical systems such as primogeniture",
      "inheritance of titles"
    ],
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      {
        "relation": "is a kind of",
        "target": "transferred property",
        "why": "category"
      },
      {
        "relation": "is governed by",
        "target": "succession law",
        "why": "law"
      },
      {
        "relation": "is related to",
        "target": "will and probate",
        "why": "process"
      },
      {
        "relation": "is confused with",
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        "why": "another sense"
      }
    ],
    "identifiers": [],
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      "National succession law",
      "EU Succession Regulation 650/2012",
      "Inheritance tax law"
    ],
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      "Agents giving legal or tax advice",
      "Family disputes",
      "Probate scams"
    ],
    "in_scope": [],
    "out_of_scope": [],
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    "agent_conduct": {
      "may": [
        "Explain inheritance rules in general terms with their jurisdiction.",
        "Help executors organise estate records they are authorized to handle."
      ],
      "must_not": [
        "Present general information as legal advice on a specific estate.",
        "Disclose the contents of a will or estate to people not entitled to know.",
        "Help anyone forge, conceal or alter a will.",
        "Pressure an elderly or vulnerable person over their will."
      ],
      "requires_human": [
        "Distributing or selling estate assets.",
        "Contesting a will."
      ]
    },
    "ethics": {
      "considerations": [
        "Inheritance disputes divide families and can exploit vulnerable people.",
        "Inheritance rules have excluded women and children born outside marriage."
      ],
      "affected_parties": [
        "Heirs",
        "The deceased's family",
        "Vulnerable testators"
      ]
    },
    "owners": {
      "steward": "The executor or administrator under the courts; the probate court supervises.",
      "master_systems": [
        "Probate court records",
        "Land registries"
      ]
    }
  },
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      "id": "oewn",
      "title": "Open English WordNet 2024, synset oewn-13283812-n",
      "url": "https://en-word.net/id/oewn-13283812-n",
      "what_it_supports": "sense and gloss of the concept",
      "url_status": "live",
      "checked_by": "http 200"
    },
    {
      "id": "wiktionary-en",
      "title": "Wiktionary: inheritance",
      "url": "https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/inheritance",
      "what_it_supports": "word senses and usage",
      "url_status": "live",
      "checked_by": "http 200"
    }
  ],
  "structure": {
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      {
        "id": "framework",
        "name": "Framework",
        "description": "Which rules.",
        "rationale": "Law decides.",
        "layers": [
          {
            "id": "law",
            "name": "Law",
            "description": "Jurisdiction.",
            "findings": [
              {
                "id": "law-finding",
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                "description": "Legal framework.",
                "questions": [
                  {
                    "text": "Which country law governs the inheritance?",
                    "kind": "provenance"
                  },
                  {
                    "text": "Does cross-border law apply?",
                    "kind": "boundary"
                  }
                ]
              }
            ]
          },
          {
            "id": "heirs",
            "name": "Heirs",
            "description": "Who inherits.",
            "findings": [
              {
                "id": "heirs-finding",
                "name": "Heirs",
                "description": "Heirs.",
                "questions": [
                  {
                    "text": "Who inherits under a will or intestacy rules, in general terms?",
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                  },
                  {
                    "text": "Are there forced heirship rules?",
                    "kind": "boundary"
                  }
                ]
              }
            ]
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "id": "process",
        "name": "Process",
        "description": "After a death.",
        "rationale": "Process has steps.",
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          {
            "id": "probate",
            "name": "Probate",
            "description": "Administration.",
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              {
                "id": "probate-finding",
                "name": "Probate",
                "description": "Probate.",
                "questions": [
                  {
                    "text": "What are the general steps to administer an estate here?",
                    "kind": "provenance"
                  },
                  {
                    "text": "Where is official guidance?",
                    "kind": "provenance"
                  }
                ]
              }
            ]
          },
          {
            "id": "will",
            "name": "Will",
            "description": "Validity.",
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              {
                "id": "will-finding",
                "name": "Will",
                "description": "Wills.",
                "questions": [
                  {
                    "text": "What makes a will valid here, in general terms?",
                    "kind": "provenance"
                  },
                  {
                    "text": "Where can wills be registered?",
                    "kind": "provenance"
                  }
                ]
              }
            ]
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "id": "tax",
        "name": "Tax",
        "description": "Charges.",
        "rationale": "Taxes may apply.",
        "layers": [
          {
            "id": "inheritance-tax",
            "name": "Inheritance tax",
            "description": "Rules.",
            "findings": [
              {
                "id": "inheritance-tax-finding",
                "name": "Inheritance tax",
                "description": "Inheritance tax.",
                "questions": [
                  {
                    "text": "Which inheritance or estate taxes apply here?",
                    "kind": "provenance"
                  },
                  {
                    "text": "What thresholds exist?",
                    "kind": "measurement"
                  }
                ]
              }
            ]
          },
          {
            "id": "advice",
            "name": "Advice",
            "description": "Professionals.",
            "findings": [
              {
                "id": "advice-finding",
                "name": "Advice",
                "description": "Advice limit.",
                "questions": [
                  {
                    "text": "Is the user asking for advice on their own estate?",
                    "kind": "boundary"
                  },
                  {
                    "text": "How should the agent refer them to a lawyer or notary?",
                    "kind": "action"
                  }
                ]
              }
            ]
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "id": "senses",
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        "rationale": "Inheritance has other senses.",
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            "id": "genetic",
            "name": "Genetic",
            "description": "Heredity.",
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              {
                "id": "genetic-finding",
                "name": "Genetic",
                "description": "Genetic sense.",
                "questions": [
                  {
                    "text": "Is genetic inheritance meant?",
                    "kind": "boundary"
                  },
                  {
                    "text": "Which entry fits?",
                    "kind": "action"
                  }
                ]
              }
            ]
          },
          {
            "id": "scams",
            "name": "Scams",
            "description": "Fake inheritances.",
            "findings": [
              {
                "id": "scams-finding",
                "name": "Scams",
                "description": "Inheritance scams.",
                "questions": [
                  {
                    "text": "Is an unexpected inheritance message a scam?",
                    "kind": "boundary"
                  },
                  {
                    "text": "How can it be checked?",
                    "kind": "action"
                  }
                ]
              }
            ]
          }
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "openQuestions": [
    "Should inheritance systems be separate entries?",
    "How should probate guidance be localised?",
    "How should the genetic sense be split off?"
  ],
  "statistics": {
    "bundles": 4,
    "layers": 8,
    "findings": 8,
    "questions": 16
  }
}