Definitions for: 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"

Webster (1913) Definition: 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.

Synonyms: decree, edict, order, rescript

See Also: act, ban, bull, consent decree, curfew, decree nisi, enactment, imperial decree, interdiction, judicial separation, legal separation, papal bull, programma, prohibition, proscription, stay

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