Evidence Finality
Definition
Section titled “Definition”Evidence Finality is the irreversible state in which an evidence output can no longer be materially altered, substituted, or reinterpreted within the normal process without detection or explicit breach.
Operational meaning
Section titled “Operational meaning”Once evidence finality is reached, disputes no longer center on what the evidence is, but on how responsibility should be assigned given that evidence.
Evidence finality often precedes legal or contractual resolution, but does not require a formal ruling.
Relationship to Irreversible State
Section titled “Relationship to Irreversible State”Evidence finality is a specific manifestation of an irreversible state within evidence systems.
It describes the point at which evidentiary conditions become fixed in practice.
Not a guarantee of truth.
Not immunity from all future disputes.
Not dependent on cryptographic methods alone.