When Determinism Isn't Deterministic_ Why Reproducibility Without Coherence Still Fails

CODES Framework Abstract: This paper distinguishes functional reproducibility from lawful determinism.A system may repeat its errors perfectly and still remain lawless.Using the CODES framework and the Resonance Intelligence Core (RIC), the work defines determinism as coherence law: emission occurs only when phase alignment (PASₛ ≥ θ_L), drift stability (|ΔPAS_ζ| ≤ ε_drift), symbolic legality (GLYPHLOCK = 1), and temporal lock (TEMPOLOCK = 1) all hold simultaneously.Five verification tests (S1–S5) demonstrate how pseudo-deterministic systems replay incoherence while lawful systems remain phase-stable under replay.The paper establishes falsifiable criteria for deterministic inference, introduces the Lawful Emission Check (LEC-1), and outlines the path to measurable coherence in computation.