fiat

Noun

Synonyms: decree edict order rescript

WordNet 3.0

Noun (1)

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: decree edict order rescript

Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

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. [1913 Webster]

His fiat laid the corner stone.— Willis.[1913 Webster]

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. [1913 Webster]

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. [1913 Webster]