Määräyksissä

Määräyksissä is a Finnish grammatical form used to refer to the content of decrees, regulations, or orders issued by authorities. It is the inessive plural form of määräys, meaning “in the decrees” or “in the regulations.” In legal and administrative Finnish, the phrase often appears when describing what a decree states or requires, as opposed to more general statements about the regulatory framework.

Usage: In official texts, journalists, and legal commentators may write: “Määräyksissä säädetään...,” “Määräyksissä on todettu...”. The expression foregrounds the text of the decree itself. It can occur in legislative summaries, court opinions, ministry guidelines, and municipal regulations.

Relation to other forms: The counterpart määräyksistä means “into the decrees” or “from the decrees” depending on case; määräyksiä is the plural partitive/genitive form. Määräyksissä should be used when the sentence speaks of content contained within the decrees. The phrase can be contrasted with “määräysten mukaan” (according to the decrees), which has a more directive sense rather than descriptive.

Contexts and usage: The term appears mainly in government documents, administrative reports, legal texts, and news reporting about regulations. It is a formal, technical expression and is less common in everyday speech.

See also: määräys, laki, asetus, ohje.