1. fiat - Noun
2. fiat - Verb
3. Fiat - Proper noun
An authoritative command or order to do something; an effectual decree.
A warrant of a judge for certain processes.
An authority for certain proceedings given by the Lord Chancellor's signature.
Source: Webster's dictionaryThus, the use of fiat money is more justifiable in financing a depression than in financing a war. Carroll Quigley
When irrational terror takes to itself the fiat of moral goodness somebody has to die. ... No man lives who has not got a panic button, and when it is pressed by the clean white hand of moral duty, a certain murderous train is set in motion. Arthur Miller
A system of capitalism presumes sound money, not fiat money manipulated by a central bank. Capitalism cherishes voluntary contracts and interest rates that are determined by savings, not credit creation by a central bank. Ron Paul
Can the man say, Fiat lux, Let there be light; and out of chaos make a world? Precisely as there is light in himself, will he accomplish this. Thomas Carlyle
In the long run, the euro as a fiat currency may very well fail like the U. S. dollar. (2006, before Greece) Peter Schiff
At fiat voluntas tua. Latin Proverb