haastehakemus

Noun

 * 1)  application for a summons legal document with which the claimant initiates a judicial process in a civil law case

Usage notes

 * The "application for a summons" is the English translation used of the Finnish document called . In the UK a document which has a similar effect is currently called "claim form" and was formerly called "writ of summons". In the US, the corresponding term is "complaint".