# Legal-Transition Enforcement

> Rejecting any state change that is not a permitted transition.

Record: `lexicon:legal-transition-enforcement`
Kind: mechanism
Layer: [Structural Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/structural-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lexicon-legal-transition-enforcement

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Large Input Handling](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/large-input-handling.md) and before [Plugins](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/plugins.md).

## Category

- [Core Vocabulary](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon-category/core-vocabulary.md)

## Enabled by

- [State Pattern](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/state-pattern.md)
- [Finite State Machine](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/finite-state-machine.md)

## Linked from

- [Behavioral Patterns](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-behavioral-patterns.md)