| Tenant | A client organisation using Aegis. |
| Application / case | One counterparty’s onboarding record. |
| Pair | A form plus a risk engine, bound and validated together. |
| Intake label | The pointer that makes a pair live and selectable. |
| Related party | A person or entity screened for an application: a UBO, director, or the company itself. |
| Analyst sign-off | The mandatory analyst confirmation of criteria the form cannot answer. |
| Maker-checker | Two-person approval: one proposes, a different admin approves. |
| Completeness gate | The conditions that must all pass before an approval is allowed. |
| Screening exception | An attributed MLRO sign-off allowing a case to proceed despite a blocking screening result. |
| Escalation | A rule forcing the risk class to High regardless of the score. |