Terms of use.
A plain-English summary of the agreement between you and ABS. The binding version is the document you accept on the sign-in screen — please read it there.
About this summary
This page summarizes the Terms of Use of the ABS application. The summary is informational. The binding agreement is the full document shown on the acceptance screen at first sign-in and re-served at /app/terms inside the app.
By creating an account, signing in, or transmitting data to the service, you agree to that binding document.
What ABS is
ABS is a research tool. It ingests and indexes municipal land-use bylaws and related public materials, retrieves the parts relevant to a parcel or question you supply, and uses a large language model to compose a reading with citations back to the source text.
During private beta the service is limited to the Halifax Regional Centre Land Use By-law. See the Coverage page for the current scope.
Not legal or professional advice
ABS does not give legal advice, planning advice, engineering advice, architectural advice, surveying advice, or any other form of professional advice. Using ABS does not create any solicitor-client, planner-client, or other professional relationship between you and us.
AI errors are real
Readings are generated by AI and retrieval systems and can be wrong in confident-sounding ways: hallucinated citations, wrong-zone or wrong-overlay matches, stale consolidations, miscalculated setbacks or coverage figures, and so on.
The binding Terms list these failure modes in detail and require you to independently verify every output before acting on it.
Acceptable use
Things you agree not to do:
- (a)Present ABS output to a third party as your own professional advice unless you are independently licensed and take full responsibility.
- (b)Reverse-engineer the service, circumvent rate limits or billing, or probe for vulnerabilities.
- (c)Use ABS to train, fine-tune, or build a competing product.
- (d)Resell or bulk-redistribute the service or its output without our prior written consent.
Liability cap
The binding Terms cap our total liability for any claim arising out of the service at the greater of (a) the fees you actually paid us in the 12 months before the claim, or (b) CAD $100. Non-excludable consumer-protection rights under Nova Scotia law are preserved.
The service is provided AS-IS with no warranties of accuracy, completeness, fitness, or uninterrupted operation.
Payment & cancellation
Paid plans are billed in CAD. On deployments where billing is enabled, you can cancel at any time from the Billing page; the cancellation takes effect at the end of the current billing period.
On beta deployments where the purchase flow is dormant, an operator may grant credits manually.
Governing law
The binding Terms are governed by the laws of Nova Scotia and the laws of Canada applicable there. Disputes are heard in the courts of Nova Scotia sitting in Halifax. The binding Terms also contain a class-action waiver, subject to non-excludable consumer-protection rights.
Changes
Material changes to the binding Terms trigger a re-acceptance prompt on next login. This summary will be updated to match.
Questions about these Terms: info@agenticbylawsystems.com.