Policy verdict

The structured record a policy engine emits each time it evaluates a rule: allow or deny, the versioned rule id, a hash of the input and a timestamp, signed and written to the evidence store. A release or tool call without a verdict is an audit finding, and one that passed under an exception names it in its verdict.

Developed in
ch. 04, Layer 01: Govern-as-Code
Toolkit: Policy Card builder
Chapters
ch. 04, The Stack · ch. 05, Patterns · ch. 12, Governance Program · ch. 23, AI Agents
Source
Defined by this Body of Knowledge: the section it is developed in is the source

Where it is used

12 chapters of the Body of Knowledge use the term. Each link opens the first section that does.

Patterns that use this term

One pattern page uses the term.

Sources

No external source: the term is coined or used in a specific sense by this Body of Knowledge, and the section linked under "Developed in" is its source.

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Cite this term

García Aibar, J. (2026). Policy verdict. In AI Governance Engineering: The Thesis & Body of Knowledge (v0.5.0), Glossary. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22956197. https://aigovernanceengineer.com/glossary/policy-verdict. CC BY 4.0

BibTeX

@misc{aige2026policyverdict,
  author  = {Jorge García Aibar},
  title   = {{Policy verdict}},
  note    = {Glossary, AI Governance Engineering: The Thesis \& Body of Knowledge, version 0.5.0},
  year    = {2026},
  doi     = {10.5281/zenodo.22956197},
  url     = {https://aigovernanceengineer.com/glossary/policy-verdict}
}