Noun: fiat fee-ut or 'fee,at or fI-ut or 'fI,at- (law) a legally binding command or decision entered on the court record (as if issued by a court or judge)
"The judge issued a fiat to freeze the defendant's assets";
- decree, edict, order, rescript
Derived forms: fiats
Type of: act, enactment
Encyclopedia: Fiat, Kansas