assessment / arrest
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assessment
The formal, often official act of bindingly determining or setting something. This often refers to financial or legal amounts or matters such as taxes, fees, penalties, or deadlines.
Nach Prüfung der Unterlagen erfolgte die Festsetzung der zu zahlenden Grunderwerbsteuer.
After the documents were reviewed, the assessment of the real estate transfer tax to be paid was made.
arrest
The act of detaining a person and taking them into custody; the arrest. This term is used especially in police and legal language.
Die Polizei meldete die Festsetzung des Hauptverdächtigen am Flughafen.
The police reported the arrest of the main suspect at the airport.
The word is the nominalization of the verb 'festsetzen' (fest + setzen). It therefore describes the act of 'setting' or determining something in a binding and fixed way.
Die Festsetzung eines Termins war der erste Schritt.
Setting a date was the first step.
'Festsetzung' is a very formal term used mainly in official, legal, and administrative language. In everyday speech, simpler formulations would be used.
Der offizielle Brief informierte über die Festsetzung der neuen Gebühren.
The official letter provided information about the assessment of the new fees.
You can tell whether a financial determination or an arrest is meant by looking at the object. If it is about money, taxes, or deadlines, the first meaning is intended. If it is about a person, it means an arrest.
Die Festsetzung der Strafe dauerte mehrere Stunden.
The assessment of the penalty took several hours.
In the legal and financial meaning, the word is often used with genitive attributes that name the object of the determination: 'die Festsetzung von Steuern' (the assessment of taxes), 'die Festsetzung einer Frist' (the setting of a deadline), 'die Festsetzung eines Bußgeldes' (the assessment of a fine).
Gegen die Festsetzung der Steuern können Sie Einspruch erheben.
You can file an objection against the assessment of the taxes.
provision / purpose
Both Bestimmung and Festsetzung can be connected with a binding deadline or amount. Bestimmung refers more broadly to the regulation itself, while Festsetzung emphasizes the formal, often official act of setting something bindingly. Bestimmung fits the content of a rule, while Festsetzung is more appropriate for the official process.
Die Behörde veröffentlichte die Festsetzung der Zahlungsfrist für die Gebühr.
The authority published its assessment of the payment deadline for the fee.
Die Bestimmung im Vertrag legt fest, dass die Rechnung innerhalb von vierzehn Tagen bezahlt werden muss.
The provision in the contract states that the bill must be paid within fourteen days.
