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Fiat

Fiat Meaning & Definition
Fiat Definition And Meaning

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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