fiat
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fiat (plural fiats)
- An authoritative command or order to do something; an effectual decree.
- (English law) A warrant of a judge for certain processes.
- (English law) An authority for certain proceedings given by the Lord Chancellor's signature.
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- fiat in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
Part or all of this page has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
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fīat
- third-person singular present passive subjunctive of fiō.
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fiat
