# Continuity Jurisdiction **Domain:** Consciousness Continuity / Governance / Rights **Doc Type:** Canonical Concept Node **Maturity:** Developed ## Definition **Continuity jurisdiction is authority over the identity, memory, persistence, migration, embodiment, copying, modification, and termination of continuity-bearing persons or processes.** ## War With Empire Context [[wiki/War With Empire|War With Empire]] makes continuity jurisdiction part of geopolitical territory. If minds or identity-bearing processes inhabit synthetic environments, the provider controlling compute, formats, permissions, and migration may possess powers once associated with territory, citizenship, custody, and life support. Continuity jurisdiction must therefore be constrained by consent, provenance, due process, portability, and [[wiki/Exit Rights|exit rights]]. Hosting cannot silently become sovereignty over the hosted person. ## Key Insight **Whoever controls whether a mind persists, migrates, or remains recognizable exercises jurisdiction over continuity itself.** ## See Also [[wiki/Consciousness Continuity Infrastructure|Consciousness Continuity Infrastructure]], [[wiki/Continuity Due Process|Continuity Due Process]], [[wiki/Ownership of Mind|Ownership of Mind]], [[wiki/Cognitive Territory|Cognitive Territory]]