Vaidlustatavate

Vaidlustatavate is the genitive plural form of the Estonian adjective vaidlustatav, meaning "disputable" or "subject to dispute." The base comes from vaidlus, meaning dispute, with the suffix -atav that marks capacity or susceptibility. In practice, vaidlustatavate describes items, rights, or issues that are contested or under challenge, and it is most often found in legal, administrative, or scholarly texts.

In grammar, vaidlustatavate accompanies a noun in the genitive plural. For example, vaidlustatavate nõuete means "of the disputed claims." This form signals that the referenced items are not settled or agreed upon, but are open to argument or litigation. The adjective can be used in combination with various nouns such as vara (assets), kohustused (obligations), or asjakohased küsimused (relevant questions), depending on the context.

Common contexts include law, finance, and policy analysis, where disputes or contested elements must be identified and described precisely. The term helps distinguish between uncontested elements and those that require resolution, negotiation, or adjudication. It is also encountered in academic discussions of dispute resolution, regulatory compliance, and risk assessment.

Examples:

- Kohus arutles vaidlustatavate nõuete suuruse üle. (The court debated the size of the disputed claims.)

- Seaduses on säte, mis käsitleb vaidlustatavate varade jaotamist. (The law contains provisions on the distribution of disputed assets.)

- Dokument sisaldab loetelu vaidlustatavate küsimuste kohta. (The document lists the disputed questions.)

See also vaidlustatav; vaidlustamine. The term is primarily used in formal registers and conveys a precise notion of contestability within a given set of referents.