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FIAT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A legally binding command or decision entered on the court record (as if issued by a court or judge)
Example:
a friend in New Mexico said that the order caused no trouble out there
Synonyms:
decree; edict; fiat; order; rescript
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("fiat" is a kind of...):
act; enactment (a legal document codifying the result of deliberations of a committee or society or legislative body)
Domain category:
jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "fiat"):
consent decree (an agreement between two parties that is sanctioned by the court; for example, a company might agree to stop certain questionable practices without admitting guilt)
curfew (an order that after a specific time certain activities (as being outside on the streets) are prohibited)
decree nisi (a decree issued on a first petition for divorce; becomes absolute at some later date)
imperial decree (a decree issued by a sovereign ruler)
judicial separation; legal separation (a judicial decree regulating the rights and responsibilities of a married couple living apart)
programma (an edict that has been publicly posted)
ban; prohibition; proscription (a decree that prohibits something)
stay (a judicial order forbidding some action until an event occurs or the order is lifted)
bull; papal bull (a formal proclamation issued by the pope (usually written in antiquated characters and sealed with a leaden bulla))
