Short Definition

A Coherence-Valid Contract is a contract that remains admissible because it preserves auditability, boundary integrity, compatibility, restoration capacity, meaning integrity, exit, and coherence across time.

Canonical Definition

A Coherence-Valid Contract is not defined by signature alone. It is a contract whose operating conditions remain coherent while the contract is active. If the surrounding context changes so that auditability collapses, consent becomes structurally invalid, compatibility turns negative, restoration becomes impossible, or the contract begins increasing hidden debt faster than it can be repaired, the contract loses coherence validity.

This term names the positive condition produced by Coherent Contract Law.

Canonical Validity Test

Coherence-valid contract ⇔
Au ≥ X_c(t)
∧ BΣ intact
∧ Λ > 0
∧ R > 0
∧ µᵢ stable
∧ Φ subordinate to O
∧ exit permitted
∧ Τ validation ongoing

UTS Mapping

state_vector:
  O: "must be preserved or increased"
  H: "must not accumulate through suppressed costs"
  Au: "must exceed effective constraint complexity"
  BΣ: "must preserve consent, scope, identity, and exit"
  K: "must remain positive enough for non-coercive participation"
  R: "must exist for breach, drift, harm, and changed conditions"
  Φ: "must remain subordinate to coherence"
operators:
  primary:
    - Π
    - Λ
    - ℛ
    - Τ
    - Θ
u_layers:
  primary:
    - U2
    - U4
    - U5
    - U7

Diagnostic Signature

If X_c > Au_eff
or exit cost exceeds sovereignty reserve
or scope changes without renewed consent,
then contract validity is degraded.

Failure Risk

A contract may become invalid when:

• terms are no longer legible
• power asymmetry removes real consent
• exit becomes punitive or impossible
• repair mechanisms are absent
• the contract’s original purpose is replaced by proxy extraction
• the contract binds future behavior to obsolete or hidden conditions

Example

A service agreement where data use is specific, understandable, revocable, independently auditable, compatible with user purpose, and paired with a clear repair and deletion pathway.

Non-Example

A contract that is technically accepted but whose real implications are hidden, irreversible, non-auditable, and impossible to exit without major harm.