Fiat \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.
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His fiat laid the corner stone. --Willis.
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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.
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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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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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" [syn: decree, edict, order, rescript]
WordNet (r) 2.0
40 Moby Thesaurus words for "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
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
FIAT, practice. An order of a judge, or of an officer, whose authority, to
be signified by his signature, is necessary to authenticate the particular
acts.
Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)
decree, edict, order, rescript
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