Peritettävä

Peritettävä is a Finnish term used primarily in legal and administrative contexts to denote an obligation, debt, or asset that is subject to collection or enforcement. It appears in notices, court decisions, and regulatory texts discussing debt collection and asset seizure. The term is not a common everyday word, but it is encountered in formal documents.

Etymology and form: The word derives from the verb perittää, meaning to levy, collect, or demand payment, with the participle suffix -ttävä forming an adjective or noun that indicates something that must be collected. In this sense, peritettävä roughly translates to “to be collected” or “subject to collection.”

Usage: In practice, peritettävä is used with nouns such as velka (debt) or omaisuus (assets) to specify what is being pursued by authorities, for example peritettävä velka or peritettävä omaisuus. It is distinct from perintä, which refers to the overall process of collection, rather than the specific item to be collected.

Limitations: As a specialized term, peritettävä is more common in formal texts than in everyday speech, and its precise usage can vary by jurisdiction or administrative body. Some texts may prefer more common phrases depending on the context.

See also: Perintä, Velka, Omaisuus, Ulosottotoimet.