search

Full-text search across Estonian LAW - both court decisions (civil, administrative and criminal rulings) and legislation (acts and their individual paragraphs), from Riigi Teataja, indexed by lahend.ee. Inflection-tolerant; wrap a phrase in "quotes" for an exact match. Every result carries a stable typed `id` - `ruling:<n>`, `law:<n>` or `section:<n>:<par>` - which `fetch` resolves. Use this when you need the legal position on something and do not yet know whether the answer is in a statute or in case law.

Parameters2

query	string	required	Legal terms, a case number, a party/company name, or a "quoted phrase".
limit	integer	optional	Max results (default 10).

Raw schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "query": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Legal terms, a case number, a party/company name, or a \"quoted phrase\"."
    },
    "limit": {
      "type": "integer",
      "minimum": 1,
      "maximum": 25,
      "description": "Max results (default 10)."
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "query"
  ],
  "additionalProperties": false,
  "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#"
}

fetch

Retrieve the full text + metadata for any `id` returned by `search`. Handles all three kinds: `ruling:<n>` (a court decision with its linked companies), `law:<n>` (an act in its current redaktsioon, all paragraphs) and `section:<n>:<par>` (a single paragraph - prefer this over pulling a whole act). Returns Markdown plus the canonical lahend.ee URL.

Parameters1

id

string

required

Typed id from `search`: 'ruling:1279503', 'law:12345' or 'section:12345:199'.

Raw schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "id": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Typed id from `search`: 'ruling:1279503', 'law:12345' or 'section:12345:199'."
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "id"
  ],
  "additionalProperties": false,
  "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#"
}

get_law_section

Return a single § of an Estonian act, addressed the way lawyers cite it: an abbreviation and a number, e.g. abbrev='KarS', paragrahv='199', or abbrev='TsMS', paragrahv='430'. This is the precise way to answer a legal question - pulling a whole act costs thousands of tokens and buries the answer. Text comes from the act's current redaktsioon.

Parameters2

abbrev	string	required	Act abbreviation as cited: KarS, TsMS, VÕS, PankrS, RahaPTS…
paragrahv	string	required	Paragraph number, e.g. '199'. Superscript sections are addressed as '43-1' or '43¹' (§ 43¹) - these are DIFFERENT provisions from § 43. A full citation like '§ 430 lg 1' is also accepted; the lõige is ignored. A bare second number ('43 1') is rejected as ambiguous rather than silently read as § 43.

Raw schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "abbrev": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Act abbreviation as cited: KarS, TsMS, VÕS, PankrS, RahaPTS…"
    },
    "paragrahv": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Paragraph number, e.g. '199'. Superscript sections are addressed as '43-1' or '43¹' (§ 43¹) - these are DIFFERENT provisions from § 43. A full citation like '§ 430 lg 1' is also accepted; the lõige is ignored. A bare second number ('43 1') is rejected as ambiguous rather than silently read as § 43."
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "abbrev",
    "paragrahv"
  ],
  "additionalProperties": false,
  "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#"
}

search_law_sections

Full-text search across the paragraphs of every in-force Estonian act (4M+ sections). Answers 'which provision governs X' directly, returning the paragraphs themselves rather than acts you then have to read. Each hit carries a `section:` id for `fetch`.

Parameters2

query	string	required	A legal term or phrase, e.g. 'pankrotiavaldus', 'ehitusluba', 'töölepingu ülesütlemine'.
limit	integer	optional	Max results (default 8).

Raw schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "query": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "A legal term or phrase, e.g. 'pankrotiavaldus', 'ehitusluba', 'töölepingu ülesütlemine'."
    },
    "limit": {
      "type": "integer",
      "minimum": 1,
      "maximum": 25,
      "description": "Max results (default 8)."
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "query"
  ],
  "additionalProperties": false,
  "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#"
}

search_laws

Find Estonian acts by title or abbreviation (KarS, TsMS, VÕS…). Returns each act with a `law:` id for `fetch`, its type, issuer and whether it is still in force. Use get_law_section when you already know the paragraph you want.

Parameters3

query	string	required	Title fragment or abbreviation.
inForceOnly	boolean	optional	Only acts currently in force (default true).
limit	integer	optional	Max results (default 10).

Raw schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "query": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Title fragment or abbreviation."
    },
    "inForceOnly": {
      "type": "boolean",
      "description": "Only acts currently in force (default true)."
    },
    "limit": {
      "type": "integer",
      "minimum": 1,
      "maximum": 25,
      "description": "Max results (default 10)."
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "query"
  ],
  "additionalProperties": false,
  "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#"
}

law_versions

List an act's redaktsioonid (consolidated versions) with their validity ranges, newest first. Use this to answer 'what did this say on date X' - Estonian law is amended constantly and the current text is often not the one that applied to the facts.

Parameters1

abbrev

string

required

Act abbreviation, e.g. 'TsMS'.

Raw schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "abbrev": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Act abbreviation, e.g. 'TsMS'."
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "abbrev"
  ],
  "additionalProperties": false,
  "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#"
}

rulings_citing_section

Given an act abbreviation and a §, return the court decisions that actually cite it, newest first, with a total count. Built from 3.05M citations extracted from the decision texts themselves. This answers 'how have the courts applied KarS § 199' - the question statute text alone cannot answer, and the reason to use lahend.ee over reading Riigi Teataja.

Parameters3

abbrev	string	required	Act abbreviation as cited: KarS, TsMS, VÕS, PankrS…
paragrahv	string	required	Paragraph number, e.g. '199'. A full citation is accepted; the lõige is ignored.
limit	integer	optional	Max rulings returned (default 10).

Raw schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "abbrev": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Act abbreviation as cited: KarS, TsMS, VÕS, PankrS…"
    },
    "paragrahv": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Paragraph number, e.g. '199'. A full citation is accepted; the lõige is ignored."
    },
    "limit": {
      "type": "integer",
      "minimum": 1,
      "maximum": 25,
      "description": "Max rulings returned (default 10)."
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "abbrev",
    "paragrahv"
  ],
  "additionalProperties": false,
  "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#"
}

sections_cited_by_ruling

Given a ruling id (from `search`), list the statute paragraphs it cites, with the lõiked named and each § resolved to its act. Use it to see the legal basis of a decision without reading the whole judgment, then `fetch` a `section:` id for the provision text.

Parameters1

id

string

required

Ruling id, e.g. 'ruling:1279503'.

Raw schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "id": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Ruling id, e.g. 'ruling:1279503'."
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "id"
  ],
  "additionalProperties": false,
  "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#"
}

most_cited_sections

The statute paragraphs cited by the most court decisions, ranked. A map of where Estonian litigation actually happens, and a good starting point when exploring an unfamiliar area.

Parameters1

limit

integer

optional

How many (default 20).

Raw schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "limit": {
      "type": "integer",
      "minimum": 1,
      "maximum": 50,
      "description": "How many (default 20)."
    }
  },
  "additionalProperties": false,
  "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#"
}

authority_documents_for_ruling

Given a ruling id, return documents from Estonian public-authority document registers that name the same companies - procurement files, licences, correspondence, inspections. A court dispute and an authority's file about the same company are the two halves nobody normally sees together. Sourced from dokumendiregister.ee.

Parameters2

id	string	required	Ruling id, e.g. 'ruling:1279503'.
limit	integer	optional	Max documents (default 8).

Raw schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "id": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Ruling id, e.g. 'ruling:1279503'."
    },
    "limit": {
      "type": "integer",
      "minimum": 1,
      "maximum": 25,
      "description": "Max documents (default 8)."
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "id"
  ],
  "additionalProperties": false,
  "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#"
}

search_rulings

Full-text ruling search with optional filters: court name, case type (civil/administrative/criminal), area of law (asja_kategooria) and a decision-date range. Returns a page of rulings with a total count. Use `list_courts` / `list_categories` to discover valid filter values.

Parameters8

query	string	optional	Free text (or "quoted phrase"); omit to browse by filters alone.
court	string	optional	Exact court name, e.g. 'Harju Maakohus Tallinna kohtumaja'.
case_type	string	optional
category	string	optional	Exact area of law, e.g. 'Võlaõigus'.
date_from	string	optional	YYYY-MM-DD lower bound (decision date).
date_to	string	optional	YYYY-MM-DD upper bound (decision date).
limit	integer	optional
offset	integer	optional

Raw schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "query": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Free text (or \"quoted phrase\"); omit to browse by filters alone."
    },
    "court": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Exact court name, e.g. 'Harju Maakohus Tallinna kohtumaja'."
    },
    "case_type": {
      "type": "string",
      "enum": [
        "civil",
        "administrative",
        "criminal"
      ]
    },
    "category": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Exact area of law, e.g. 'Võlaõigus'."
    },
    "date_from": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "YYYY-MM-DD lower bound (decision date)."
    },
    "date_to": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "YYYY-MM-DD upper bound (decision date)."
    },
    "limit": {
      "type": "integer",
      "minimum": 1,
      "maximum": 25
    },
    "offset": {
      "type": "integer",
      "minimum": 0
    }
  },
  "additionalProperties": false,
  "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#"
}

rulings_by_company

Given an 8-digit Estonian registry code (registrikood), return every court decision that names that company, with its role (claimant/defendant/etc.) and the other parties. This company↔case-law join is unique to lahend.ee. Find a registry code via nimistu.ee or the nimistu MCP.

Parameters2

reg_code	string	required	8-digit Estonian company registry code, e.g. '16887028'.
limit	integer	optional

Raw schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "reg_code": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "8-digit Estonian company registry code, e.g. '16887028'."
    },
    "limit": {
      "type": "integer",
      "minimum": 1,
      "maximum": 50
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "reg_code"
  ],
  "additionalProperties": false,
  "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#"
}

list_courts

All Estonian courts that have published decisions, each with its ruling count. Use a court name as the `court` filter in `search_rulings`.

Parameters

No parameters.

Raw schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {},
  "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#"
}

list_categories

All areas of law (asja_kategooria) present in the corpus, each with its ruling count. Use a category as the `category` filter in `search_rulings`.

Parameters

No parameters.

Raw schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {},
  "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#"
}

recent_rulings

The newest published rulings (by decision date), across all courts and areas of law.

Parameters1

limit

integer

optional

Raw schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "limit": {
      "type": "integer",
      "minimum": 1,
      "maximum": 25
    }
  },
  "additionalProperties": false,
  "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#"
}

eu_law_search

Search EU regulations and directives, and Court of Justice / European Court of Human Rights judgments, by Estonian title or case number. The corpus is Estonian-language throughout: 94% of the Court of Justice's output is translated into Estonian, and essentially nothing indexes it in Estonian. Returns ids usable with eu_law_fetch.

Parameters2

query	string	required	Estonian title words, or a case number such as 'C-362/14'.
limit	integer	optional

Raw schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "query": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Estonian title words, or a case number such as 'C-362/14'."
    },
    "limit": {
      "type": "integer",
      "minimum": 1,
      "maximum": 30
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "query"
  ],
  "additionalProperties": false,
  "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#"
}

eu_act

Fetch an EU regulation or directive by CELEX (e.g. '32016R0679' for the GDPR), article by article, in Estonian. Also reports how many Estonian court decisions cite it and which articles they lean on - the part EUR-Lex cannot answer.

Parameters2

celex	string	required	CELEX number, e.g. '32016R0679'. Sector 3 acts only.
article	string	optional	Return only this article, e.g. '5'.

Raw schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "celex": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "CELEX number, e.g. '32016R0679'. Sector 3 acts only."
    },
    "article": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Return only this article, e.g. '5'."
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "celex"
  ],
  "additionalProperties": false,
  "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#"
}

estonian_rulings_citing_eu_law

Given a CELEX (an act like '32016R0679', or a Court of Justice judgment like '62014CJ0362'), return the Estonian court decisions that cite it. This is the join no other source publishes: EUR-Lex knows the EU instrument, Riigi Teataja knows the Estonian decision, and nobody connects them.

Parameters3

celex	string	required	CELEX of an EU act or judgment.
article	string	optional	Only decisions citing this article of the act.
limit	integer	optional

Raw schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "celex": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "CELEX of an EU act or judgment."
    },
    "article": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Only decisions citing this article of the act."
    },
    "limit": {
      "type": "integer",
      "minimum": 1,
      "maximum": 50
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "celex"
  ],
  "additionalProperties": false,
  "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#"
}

eu_law_cited_by_ruling

Given an Estonian ruling id (from `search`), list the EU instruments it cites - regulations, directives and Court of Justice judgments - with the articles named where the decision names them.

Parameters1

id

string

required

Ruling id, e.g. 'ruling:1279503'.

Raw schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "id": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Ruling id, e.g. 'ruling:1279503'."
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "id"
  ],
  "additionalProperties": false,
  "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#"
}

most_cited_eu_law

Ranked by how many Estonian decisions cite them. A good starting point for 'which EU law actually matters in Estonian practice' - the answer is concentrated in consumer protection, jurisdiction, asylum and agriculture rather than spread evenly.

Parameters1

limit

integer

optional

Raw schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "limit": {
      "type": "integer",
      "minimum": 1,
      "maximum": 50
    }
  },
  "additionalProperties": false,
  "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#"
}

Tool	What it does
`search_rulings`	Full-text ruling search with optional filters: court name, case type (civil/administrative/criminal), area of law (asja_kategooria) and a decision-date range
`rulings_by_company`	Given an 8-digit Estonian registry code (registrikood), return every court decision that names that company, with its role (claimant/defendant/etc.) and the other parties
`recent_rulings`	The newest published rulings (by decision date), across all courts and areas of law
`list_courts`	All Estonian courts that have published decisions, each with its ruling count
`list_categories`	All areas of law (asja_kategooria) present in the corpus, each with its ruling count

Tool	What it does
`get_law_section`	Return a single § of an Estonian act, addressed the way lawyers cite it: an abbreviation and a number, e.g
`search_law_sections`	Full-text search across the paragraphs of every in-force Estonian act (4M+ sections)
`search_laws`	Find Estonian acts by title or abbreviation (KarS, TsMS, VÕS…)
`law_versions`	List an act's redaktsioonid (consolidated versions) with their validity ranges, newest first

Tool	What it does
`rulings_citing_section`	Given an act abbreviation and a §, return the court decisions that actually cite it, newest first, with a total count
`sections_cited_by_ruling`	Given a ruling id (from `search`), list the statute paragraphs it cites, with the lõiked named and each § resolved to its act
`most_cited_sections`	The statute paragraphs cited by the most court decisions, ranked

Tool	What it does
`eu_law_search`	Search EU regulations and directives, and Court of Justice / European Court of Human Rights judgments, by Estonian title or case number
`eu_act`	Fetch an EU regulation or directive by CELEX (e.g
`estonian_rulings_citing_eu_law`	Given a CELEX (an act like '32016R0679', or a Court of Justice judgment like '62014CJ0362'), return the Estonian court decisions that cite it
`eu_law_cited_by_ruling`	Given an Estonian ruling id (from `search`), list the EU instruments it cites - regulations, directives and Court of Justice judgments - with the articles named where the decision names them
`most_cited_eu_law`	Ranked by how many Estonian decisions cite them

Tool	What it does
`search`	Full-text search across Estonian LAW - both court decisions (civil, administrative and criminal rulings) and legislation (acts and their individual paragraphs), from Riigi Teataja, indexed by lahend.ee
`fetch`	Retrieve the full text + metadata for any `id` returned by `search`

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io.github.Nimistu/lahend-mcp — Model Context Protocol (MCP) Server

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search

fetch

get_law_section

search_law_sections

search_laws

law_versions

rulings_citing_section

sections_cited_by_ruling

most_cited_sections

authority_documents_for_ruling

search_rulings

rulings_by_company

list_courts

list_categories

recent_rulings

eu_law_search

eu_act

estonian_rulings_citing_eu_law

eu_law_cited_by_ruling

most_cited_eu_law

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