Lakisääteisissä

Lakisääteisissä is the inessive plural form of the Finnish adjective lakisääteinen, meaning statutory or mandated by law. It is used to describe provisions, rights, obligations, or systems that are defined or required by statute. The term is common in legal, policy, and administrative language when referring to things that are regulated by legislation rather than voluntary or privately arranged.

Grammatical note: lakisääteinen is an adjective that agrees with the noun it modifies. In plural in the inessive case, the form is lakisääteisissä. Other related forms include lakisääteiset (nominative plural), lakisääteisen (genitive singular), and lakisääteisessä (inessive singular). The word often appears in phrases such as lakisääteisissä etuuksissa (in statutory benefits), lakisääteisissä velvoitteissa (in statutory obligations), or lakisääteisissä järjestelmissä (in statutory systems).

Usage and nuance: The term signals that the subject is defined by or constrained by law, as opposed to voluntary arrangements or private contracts. It is frequently employed when discussing social security, employment benefits, taxation, regulatory procedures, and public administration reforms. While generally neutral, lakisääteisissä can carry a normative tone by emphasizing what the law requires rather than what is optional.

See also: lakisääteinen, lakisääteisesti, lakisäätöinen (less common related forms). In Finnish legal writing, it is common to contrast lakisääteisiä with vapaaehtoisia (voluntary) to clarify the basis of a particular obligation or entitlement.