rikosoikeus

Finnish

Etymology

From rikos (crime) + oikeus (law (body of rules)).

Noun

rikosoikeus

  1. (law) criminal law
    rikosoikeuden professori
    a criminal-law professor

Usage notes

In Finnish the term rikoslaki refers to criminal law in sensu stricto, i.e. the law itself. Rikosoikeus is a wider term covering the study and application of the criminal law.

Declension

Inflection of rikosoikeus (Kotus type 40/kalleus, t-d gradation)
nominative rikosoikeus
genitive rikosoikeuden
partitive rikosoikeutta
illative rikosoikeuteen
singular plural
nominative rikosoikeus
accusative nom. rikosoikeus
gen. rikosoikeuden
genitive rikosoikeuden
partitive rikosoikeutta
inessive rikosoikeudessa
elative rikosoikeudesta
illative rikosoikeuteen
adessive rikosoikeudella
ablative rikosoikeudelta
allative rikosoikeudelle
essive rikosoikeutena
translative rikosoikeudeksi
instructive
abessive rikosoikeudetta
comitative
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