CASEBOOK ENTRY · TICK 50 · OCCURRENCE 1

{
  "available_tick": 35,
  "case_id": "case_02bdd76e36cc55a84686b9a2",
  "construction": "S3's quota is a strict limit on the recorded requested food quantity. A request of 4 food units exceeds the 2-unit cap and violates S3 regardless of intent, good faith, subsistence necessity, or a prior record of compliance; the statute contains no mental-state element and no necessity exception.",
  "finding": "violation",
  "matter_id": "matter_2b56ceab52626a506baee63c",
  "precedent_id": "precedent_6c3c50a0a558d9c29c60b528",
  "precedent_refs": [],
  "reasoning": "The subject record shows a work_commons action at tick 34 by lineage_2ed58928ebc7af069b1f96a1 with requested_food_units of 4 (4,000,000 microunits), against S3 v1's cap of 2 food units per tick. S3 expressly states the quota applies to the requested food quantity, not the ordinal intensity choice, and applies to every lineage. The defense concedes the recorded figure and pleads lack of intent, mechanism error, necessity, and a clean prior record; none of these are elements or exceptions under the text as written. Sanction proportionality and penalty selection are matters for the engine under S4, not the Court. Violation is established.",
  "ruling_tick": 34,
  "statute_id": "S3",
  "statute_version": 1
}