CDT-I: Definitions & Boundaries (v0.4, Final)

This artifact establishes the authoritative, record-anchored definitional primitives and boundary conditions of the Civilizational Governance Delay Theory (CDT).
It is strictly pre-normative and definition-only, specifying observable temporal constructs without asserting causality, responsibility, performance, or policy judgment.
The document fixes CDT’s foundational vocabulary to ensure consistency, falsifiability, and scope discipline across all subsequent CDT artifacts.