About The Word Fiat
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Fiat
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What's The Definition Of Fiat?
[n] a legally binding command or decision entered on the court record (as if issued by a court or judge); "a friend in New Mexico said that the order caused no trouble out there"
Synonyms | Synonyms for Fiat: decree | edict | order | rescript Related Terms | Find terms related to Fiat: appointment | authority | authorization | brevet | bull | certification | clearance | countenance | declaration | decree | decree-law | decreement | decretal | decretum | dictum | diktat | edict | edictum | empowerment | enabling | endorsement | enfranchisement | entitlement | ipse dixit | law | ordinance | ordonnance | proclamation | pronouncement | pronunciamento | ratification | rescript | rule | ruling | sanction | senatus consult | senatus consultum | ukase | warrant | warranty See Also | act | ban | bull | consent decree | curfew | decree nisi | enactment | imperial decree | interdiction | judicial separation | legal separation | papal bull | programma | prohibition | proscription | stay Fiat In Webster's Dictionary \Fi"at\, n. [L., let it be done, 3d pers. sing., subj.
pres., fr. fieri, used as pass. of facere to make. Cf. {Be}.]
1. An authoritative command or order to do something; an
effectual decree.
His fiat laid the corner stone. --Willis.
2. (Eng. Law)
(a) A warrant of a judge for certain processes.
(b) An authority for certain proceedings given by the Lord
Chancellor's signature.
{Fiat money}, irredeemable paper currency, not resting on a
specie basis, but deriving its purchasing power from the
declaratory fiat of the government issuing it.
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