Säädetystä

Säädetystä is a Finnish grammatical form used in formal and legal language. It is the elative singular form of the past participle säädetty, meaning regulated or enacted. In legal and administrative texts it signals origin or reference to something that has been established by regulation or statute, and is often translated loosely as “from the regulation” or “of the enacted …”.

Etymology and grammar: The form comes from the verb säätää, which means to regulate, set, or enact. The past passive participle säädetty describes something that has been laid down by rule. The elative suffix -stä/-stä marks origin, yielding phrases such as säädetystä laista (“from the enacted law”) or säädetystä asetuksesta (“from the enacted regulation”). The construction typically functions within noun phrases that specify source material.

Usage: Säädetystä is most common in written, formal contexts—laws, regulations, court decisions, and policy documents. In everyday speech, speakers tend to use simpler constructions, or non-elative forms, to express the same idea. The elative form helps connect a statement to a specific regulation or statute without repeating the full noun phrase.

Examples: Säädetystä laista johtuvat velvoitteet refer to obligations derived from the enacted law. Säädetystä asetuksesta riippuvat vaatimukset describe requirements arising from the enacted regulation. In both cases, säädetystä introduces the source as something that exists because it has been regulated or enacted.

See also: säädös, laki, asetus, sääntö, oikeudellinen kieli.