fiat

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/ˈfaɪæt/

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Authorization, permission or (official) sanction.
An arbitrary or authoritative command or order to do something; an effectual decree.
An authority for certain proceedings given by the Lord Chancellor's signature.

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The reflection that the fate of a fellow-creature depended on his sole fiat, would naturally inspire scrupulousness and caution; [...]
1788, Alexander Hamilton, Federalist no. 73
Beatrice raised her head: she looked at me as if on my words hung the fiat of life or death, fear and earnestness dilating her dark eyes—for an unconfessed hope had arisen within her.
1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XII, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume II, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 142
It must be an absolute fiat - something of the nature of a Mystery or of Religion or Magic - and not to be disputed.
1920, Edward Carpenter, Pagan and Christian Creeds, New York: Harcourt, Brace and Co., published 1921, page 195
The increases from December 4 in the prices of table d'hôte meals in British Railways restaurant cars were expected, in view both of a general upward trend in meal prices in the catering trade and of the fiat that train meals must pay for themselves.
1962 February, “Talking of Trains: Dearer meals in B.R. trains”, in Modern Railways, page 78
But let us trace a little more particularly the differences between the "fiat" dollar and the greenback. The greenback, in common with every bank note any of you have ever seen, contains a promise to pay dollars.
1888, Lew Wallace, Life of Gen. Ben Harrison, page 281

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From Latin fīat (“let it be done”).