資料來源 : pyDict
命令,嚴命,許可
資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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.
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.
資料來源 : WordNet®
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}]