Lakipykäliin

Lakipykäliin is a Finnish legal term used to refer collectively to the provisions of a statute. The word is a compound derived from laki (law) and pykälä (section, provision), and it is commonly used in formal legal language to indicate reference to multiple statutory provisions. The form is typically employed in written law, court decisions, and legal argumentation when pointing to the parts of an act that are relevant to the matter at hand.

In practice, lakipykäliin functions as a shorthand for directing attention to specific sections of legislation. It is used when indicating which parts of a statute should govern interpretation, application, or analysis. For example, a decision or argument might state that the claim must be considered in light of lakipykäliin X and Y, or that the issue should be resolved in accordance with lakipykäliin Z. The emphasis is on the text of the law and its stated provisions, rather than on general legal principles alone.

Linguistic notes: lakipykäliin is typical of Finnish legal prose, where nouns are inflected to show relation to the provisions of the act. The exact case form depends on the sentence structure, but the underlying meaning remains “to the statutory provisions” or “by reference to the provisions of the law.”

See also: lakipykälä, laki, oikeudellinen tulkinta, oikeudenkäynti.