fiat

n.

1. An arbitrary order or decree.
2. Authorization or sanction: government fiat.

[Medieval Latin, from Latin, let it be done, third person sing. present subjunctive of fierī, to become, to be done.]

n

Definition: order, proclamation
Antonyms: question, request

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This entry contains information applicable to United States law only.

[Latin, Let it be done.] In old English practice, a short order or warrant of a judge or magistrate directing some act to be done; an authority issuing from some competent source for the doing of some legal act.

One of the proceedings in the English bankruptcy practice: a power, signed by the lord chancellor and addressed to the court of bankruptcy, authorizing the petitioning creditor to prosecute his complaint before that court. By the statute 12 & 13 Vict., c. 116, fiats were abolished.

Arbitrary or authoritative order or decision.

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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: a legally binding command or decision entered on the court record (as if issued by a court or judge)
  Synonyms: decree, edict, order, rescript

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - ordre, sanktion, godkendelse

Nederlands (Dutch)
bevel, toestemming, bevelen, goedkeuren

Français (French)
n. - ordre, autorisation, décret (sout)

Deutsch (German)
n. - Genehmigung, Befehl

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - διάταγμα

Italiano (Italian)
ordine, approvazione

Português (Portuguese)
n. - decreto (m) (Jur.)

Русский (Russian)
декрет, указание, санкция

Español (Spanish)
n. - orden, mandamiento, mandato, consentimiento, fíat

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - dekret, officiellt godkännande

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
命令, 许可, 严命

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 命令, 許可, 嚴命

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 법령, 명령

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 命令, 厳命, 許可, 認可

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) تفويض رسمي , أمر , مرسوم‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮פקודה, צו, הסמכה‬

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fiat	fiat punto
fiat 500	fiat x 19