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This perspective is about Evidence, Asplenz's proof infrastructure.

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Legal Perspective

For legal, general counsel, and legal operations teams responsible for factual clarity.

The reality of your role

You operate where interpretation begins after the facts.

Disputes arise when narratives diverge. Evidence is challenged because its origin, integrity, or timing is uncertain. What should be factual becomes debatable.

Your challenge is not argumentation. It is establishing whether a fact can be relied upon before it is interpreted.

Where Evidence fits

Evidence provides a neutral infrastructure for factual records.

It does not assess legality. It does not qualify responsibility. It does not issue judgments or conclusions. It records declared facts and seals their existence at a specific point in time, producing evidence whose integrity can be verified independently of the systems and people involved.

Evidence exists to separate fact from interpretation.

What Evidence provides to Legal

  • Neutral, non-qualifying factual records
  • Independent timestamps assigned at sealing time
  • Detectable integrity for declared facts
  • Evidence that can be verified without testimony or system trust

Nothing more.

What Evidence does not do

  • Does not determine legal compliance
  • Does not assess liability or fault
  • Does not replace legal analysis
  • Does not assert evidentiary weight

Evidence records facts. Legal interpretation remains entirely human and contextual.

After an incident or dispute, you can establish

Using Evidence, you can verify:

  • That a declaration existed
  • When it was sealed
  • Who declared it
  • Whether it was altered afterward

Without relying solely on recollection, internal attestations, or reconstructed timelines.

Why this matters for Legal

Legal reasoning depends on stable premises. When the integrity of facts is disputed, the discussion shifts from substance to credibility.

Evidence provides a factual baseline that precedes interpretation and survives organizational or technical change. This allows legal teams to argue from verified facts, not reconstructed narratives.

What Evidence changes

Before Evidence:

  • ×Facts are debated
  • ×Integrity is asserted
  • ×Narratives dominate

With Evidence:

  • Facts are sealed
  • Integrity is verifiable
  • Interpretation starts from stable ground