Peatamise
Peatamise is a term used in Estonian law to refer to the act of detaining or arresting a person by police or other authorities. The noun derives from the verb peata, meaning to stop or to arrest. In everyday language it denotes any deprivation of liberty carried out by state actors for investigative or procedural purposes.
In statutory use, peatamine can describe both short-term police detention and longer pre-trial detention ordered by
The term is closely related to the English concepts of detention and arrest, though the precise legal