# Acknowledger

> A formal definition of the party a record names to close it when its satisfaction is a judgement, required where no artifact resolves the record and forbidden where one does.

Record: `lexicon:acknowledger`
Kind: artifact
Layer: [Execution Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/execution-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lexicon-acknowledger

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Fan-In](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/fan-in.md) and before [Stall Bound](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/stall-bound.md).

## Category

- [Coordination Surfaces](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon-category/coordination-surfaces.md)

## Required by

- [Derived Record State](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/derived-record-state.md)

## Linked from

- [Coordination Surfaces](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-coordination-surfaces.md)
- [Coordination Surfaces](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon/lexicon-category-coordination-surfaces.md)

## Evidence in the code

- [models/coordination.model.md](https://banes-lab.com/source/coordination/models/coordination.model.md.md)