a. [ See Defy. ] Bidding or manifesting defiance. [ Obs. ] Shelford. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ L., let it be done, 3d pers. sing., subj. pres., fr. fieri, used as pass. of facere to make. Cf. Be. ]
His fiat laid the corner stone. Willis. [ 1913 Webster ]
Fiat money,