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Definition 2025
merilaki
merilaki
Finnish
Noun
merilaki
- (law) law of the sea (body of international law that concerns the principles and rules by which public entities, especially states, interact in maritime matters)
- (legaö) admiralty law, maritime law (area of law that deals with ships at sea and the rights of sailors, passengers, and owners of cargo)
Declension
| Inflection of merilaki (Kotus type 5/risti, k- gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | merilaki | merilait | |
| genitive | merilain | merilakien | |
| partitive | merilakia | merilakeja | |
| illative | merilakiin | merilakeihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | merilaki | merilait | |
| accusative | nom. | merilaki | merilait |
| gen. | merilain | ||
| genitive | merilain | merilakien | |
| partitive | merilakia | merilakeja | |
| inessive | merilaissa | merilaeissa | |
| elative | merilaista | merilaeista | |
| illative | merilakiin | merilakeihin | |
| adessive | merilailla | merilaeilla | |
| ablative | merilailta | merilaeilta | |
| allative | merilaille | merilaeille | |
| essive | merilakina | merilakeina | |
| translative | merilaiksi | merilaeiksi | |
| instructive | — | merilaein | |
| abessive | merilaitta | merilaeitta | |
| comitative | — | merilakeineen | |
Usage notes
- When there's a risk of confusion, the body of international law may be called kansainvälinen merilaki and the body of national law may be called kansallinen merilaki.