Juriidilisest

Juriidilisest is an Estonian grammatical form, not a standalone concept. It is the elative case of the adjective juriidiline, meaning legal or juridical. This inflected form is used after prepositions to indicate origin, source, or context, and can be translated as “from the legal” or “in terms of law,” depending on the noun it accompanies. In everyday and official language, you will encounter phrases such as juriidilisest keelest (from legal language), juriidilisest süsteemist (from the legal system), and juriidilisest kontekstist (from the legal context).

In legal and academic usage, juriidiline serves as the base adjective for numerous compound terms. Common examples include juriidilised dokumendid (legal documents), juriidiline isik (legal person), juriidiline keel (legal language), and juriidiline praktika (legal practice). The elative form juriidilisest appears when these adjectives modify nouns in contexts that require indicating source or scope, such as “from the legal domain” or “under the law.”

Etymology and related terms: juriidiline stems from the Latin ius/ius via the common European legal lexicon, with cognates in other languages (for example Finnish juridinen, Swedish juridisk). In Estonian, there is also a related noun juriidilisus (legality, juridical nature) and adverb juriidiliselt (juridically). The terms juriidiline and õiguslik are sometimes used interchangeably in non-technical contexts, but juriidiline tends to be favored in formal legal and administrative writing to denote matters governed by law.