# Governed Root

> A rule or precondition that a path falls under the taxonomy only where its root is declared, so an undeclared tree is ungoverned and a declared one is governed in full.

Record: `lexicon:governed-root`
Kind: constraint
Layer: [Structural Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/structural-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lexicon-governed-root

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Subject Folder](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/subject-folder.md) and before [Flat Bucket](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/flat-bucket.md).

## Category

- [Taxonomy / Classification / Naming](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon-category/taxonomy-classification-naming.md)

## Required by

- [Declared Jurisdiction](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/declared-jurisdiction.md)
- [Conformance at Creation](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/conformance-at-creation.md)
- [Root Spine Files](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/root-spine-files.md)

## Linked from

- [Taxonomy / Classification / Naming](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-taxonomy-classification-naming.md)