valitus

== Finnish == === Etymology === valittaa (“to moan; to lament; to complain; to appeal”) +‎ -us === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈʋɑlitus/, [ˈʋɑ̝lit̪us̠] Rhymes: -ɑlitus Syllabification(key): va‧li‧tus Hyphenation(key): va‧li‧tus === Noun === valitus moan, groan, wailing Synonym: vaikerrus lament, lamentation Synonym: surkuttelu complaint, whining [with elative ‘about’] Synonyms: poru, purnaus, ininä, narina (law) appeal (an application for the removal of a cause or suit from an inferior to a superior judge or court for re-examination or review) [with elative ‘against’] ==== Usage notes ==== (appeal): In the Finnish legal system, a decision concerning an individual's rights and obligations may be subject to two kinds of concepts termed appeal in English: oikaisuvaatimus, which is filed with the original decision-maker that is not a court, and valitus (“complaint, appeal”), which may be filed only with a court and only after the oikaisuvaatimus has been processed. The umbrella term for the two is muutoksenhaku. ==== Declension ==== ==== Coordinate terms ==== (appeal): oikaisuvaatimus ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “valitus”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 4 July 2023 === Anagrams === sivulta, suvilta, valtius