jäämistö

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Finnish

Etymology

jäämi- (plural stem) +‎ -stö

Pronunciation

Noun

jäämistö

  1. (law) estate (assets and liabilities of a deceased person)

Usage notes

  • jäämistö refers to the property and debts of a deceased person in a concrete sense, whereas kuolinpesä is a legal term for the whole of estate; the heirs are said to be shareholders of kuolinpesä.

Declension

Possessive forms of jäämistö (Kotus type 2/palvelu, no gradation)

Derived terms

compounds

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