Cosmic Audit: Universe as a Self-Auditing Institution Distributed Adjudication Networks Forced by Record Closure Paper 49 of the NEMS Suite

In a PSC universe with stable records, if record semantics is non-categorical and distributed (multiple contexts/fragments), then: (1) if full certified coverage is demanded under admissibility, no single internal judge can achieve it, so any full-coverage audit architecture must be multi-role (T49.1); (2) diversity (multiple roles/verifiers) is necessary for strict improvement of certified coverage (T49.2). This paper lifts the society/institution theorems (Papers 31, 40) to universe-scale abstractions: contexts = record fragments or subsystems; adjudication network = society of verifiers. Mechanized in Lean 4 (InstitutionalEpistemics.CosmicAudit); 0 axioms, 0 sorry (toy proofs complete). Core theorem formalized; toy example still contains one documented sorry. This overview presents the core NEMS theorem engine and selected applications; stronger domain-specific derivation and ontological synthesis claims belong to separate release surfaces with their own premise bundles and formal artifacts. Trust boundary. Cosmic-audit theorems lift Papers 31/40 protocol formalism; the abstract notes a documented sorry in a toy branch—treat that fragment as an explicit incomplete surface separate from the core theorem statement. Mechanization is nems-lean . See .