Practices and doctrines — box 1 of 1

• MS 2467.74 Aris Thorne

  Aris Thorne is the official designation, as per the 227th Amendment to the Twelfth Concordance, for the disputed corpus of logbooks, mainten…

• MS 2005.96 Clause 7 of the Third Concordance

  Clause 7 of the Third Concordance is a foundational regulatory and philosophical statute governing the ontological status of holdings within…

• MS 1073.21 Concordant Law

  Concordant Law constitutes the primary, and some argue the sole, legitimate basis for formal governance within The Tower. It is distinguishe…

• MS 5478.23 Concordant Law

  Concordant Law is the formal system of rules and precedents governing the administration of The Tower, the conduct of the Librarians, the cl…

• MS 3668.45 Doctrine of Proximate Authority

  Doctrine of Proximate Authority is a foundational principle of Concordant Law governing the hierarchical application of legal texts within t…

• MS 9679.39 Guided Descent

  A Guided Descent is a formally arranged, administrative movement from a higher-numbered floor of the Tower to a lower-numbered one, conducte…

• MS 0536.44 Intent of Motion

  Intent of Motion is a legal fiction established by Concordance 7.4.12 to resolve disputes arising from the use of non-stationary materials i…

• MS 8975.59 Librarian Aris

  Librarian Aris is the formal designation, as of the 227th Amendment to the Twelfth Concordance, for any Librarian assigned to the curation a…

• MS 2542.28 Measurer-Scribes

  The Measurer-Scribes are a trans-guild designation for individuals trained in the exact quantification, delineation, and archival descriptio…

• MS 1305.10 Ordinance

  Ordinance refers to any primary regulatory instrument issued under the authority of the Librarians to govern the Tower's internal functions,…

• MS 3561.42 Partial Survey

  The Partial Survey is the official designation for the definitive, and by definition incomplete, administrative and cartographic project to …

• MS 3049.44 The Partial Survey

  The Partial Survey refers to the abandoned administrative project, formally initiated under Annex Ω of the Tenth Concordance, to systematica…

• MS 1203.41 chronological precedence

  Chronological precedence is the administrative doctrine, ratified under Annex Omega of the Sixth Concordance, requiring a Librarian to apply…

• MS 8043.23 chronological precedence

  Chronological precedence is the primary administrative doctrine governing the resolution of contradictory injunctions within The Concordance…

• MS 4560.55 holding

  A holding is, per the operational definition established by the Clause 7 of the Third Concordance, any entity, concept, or object catalogued…

Arrangement within a series is by title. Box numbers describe the present arrangement and are not a permanent feature of the holding.