hallinto-oikeus
Finnish
editEtymology
editPronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /ˈhɑlːintoˌ(ʔ)oi̯keus/, [ˈhɑ̝lːin̪t̪o̞ˌ(ʔ)o̞i̯k̟e̞us̠]
- Rhymes: -oikeus
- Syllabification(key): hal‧lin‧to‧oi‧ke‧us
Noun
edithallinto-oikeus
- (Finland) an administrative court (the court of first instance in cases where one of the parties is the government or a governmental agency)
- Suomessa on kuusi alueellista hallinto-oikeutta.
- There are six regional Administrative Courts in Finland.
- (law) administrative law (the body of acts, statutes etc. that governs the activities of administrative agencies of government)
Usage notes
edit- Being one of the central institutions, its name, hallinto-oikeus, is always decapitalised in Finnish.
Declension
editSee also
editFurther reading
edit- “hallinto-oikeus”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02