C.28:4.9 - Support is not authority

CausalUseSupportResult.verdict has four values:

• supported: the named causal statement or evidential reliance is supported under the stated limits;
• bounded: only the narrower statement or reliance is supported;
• unsupported: the claimed causal statement or reliance is not supported;
• undecided: the available work does not establish a causal conclusion.

When another pattern uses the result for a decision, it checks whether the named support and limits answer its question and applies its own remaining decision conditions. For undecided, it chooses whether to seek evidence, abstain or use an available non-causal result. “Report association only” limits the evidential claim; any decision to publish, choose or deploy remains with the receiving pattern.