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Instances of promisory agreement are characterized by formal acts of recognition of a promise between one party and another party for a certain outcome.

Instances of this class comprise explicit acts undertaken following given procedures within a social grouping leading to explicit recognition of an promisory status between two actors. The substance of promisory agreement is an intentional, social act.

Instances of ZE46 Promisory Agreement come about when the specific social procedure required is intentionally and successfully enacted according to the prevalent rules. They end with the successful termination of the act or because of its premature termination.

A successful act of ZE46 Promisory Agreement leads to the generation of an instance of ZE45 Promisory Status, the institutional fact that thereafter holds between two actors until it has been abrogated.

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