Fiat vs. Law
Difference Between Fiat and Law
Fiatnoun
An arbitrary or authoritative command or order to do something; an effectual decree.
A royal fiat.A presidential fiat.Lawnoun
The body of binding rules and regulations, customs, and standards established in a community by its legislative and judicial authorities.
the courts interpret the law; entrapment is against the lawFiatnoun
Authorization, permission or (official) sanction.
A government fiat.To rule by fiat.Lawnoun
The body of such rules that pertain to a particular topic.
property law; commercial hunting and fishing lawFiatnoun
(English law) A warrant of a judge for certain processes.
Lawnoun
Common law, as contrasted with equity.
Fiatnoun
(English law) An authority for certain proceedings given by the Lord Chancellor's signature.
Lawnoun
A binding regulation or custom established in a community in this way.
There is a law against importing wallabies.A new law forbids driving on that road.The court ruled that the executive order was not law and nullified it.Fiatverb
To make (something) happen.
Lawnoun
(more generally) A rule, such as:
Fiatnoun
a legally binding command or decision entered on the court record (as if issued by a court or judge);
a friend in New Mexico said that the order caused no trouble out thereLawnoun
Any rule that must or should be obeyed, concerning behaviours and their consequences. mores.}}
"Do unto others as you wish them to do unto you" is a good law to follow.the law of self-preservationLawnoun
A rule or principle regarding the construction of language or art.
the laws of playwriting and poetryLawnoun
A statement (in physics, etc) of an (observed, established) order or sequence or relationship of phenomena which is invariable under certain conditions. theory.}}
the laws of thermodynamicsNewton's third law of motion states that to every action there is always an equal and opposite reaction. This is one of several laws derived from his general theory expounded in the Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica.Lawnoun
A statement (of relation) that is true under specified conditions; a mathematical or logical rule.
Mathematical laws can be proved purely through mathematics, without scientific experimentation.Lawnoun
Any statement of the relation of acts and conditions to their consequences.
the law of scarcity; the law of supply and demandLawnoun
(cricket) One of the official rules of cricket as codified by the its (former) governing body, the MCC.
Lawnoun
The control and order brought about by the observance of such rules.
They worked to maintain law and order.It was a territory without law, marked by violence.Lawnoun
A person or group that act(s) with authority to uphold such rules and order (for example, one or more police officers).
Here comes the law — run!Lawnoun
The profession that deals with such rules (as lawyers, judges, police officers, etc).
He is studying for a career in law.She has practiced law in New York for twenty years.Lawnoun
Jurisprudence, the field of knowledge which encompasses these rules.
She went to university to study law.Lawnoun
Litigation, legal action (as a means of maintaining or restoring order, redressing wrongs, etc).
They were quick to go to law.Lawnoun
An allowance of distance or time (a head start) given to a weaker (human or animal) competitor in a race, to make the race more fair.
Lawnoun
(fantasy) One of two metaphysical forces ruling the world in some fantasy settings, also called order, and opposed to chaos.
Lawnoun
An oath sworn before a court, especially disclaiming a debt. wager of law", "wage one's law", "perform one's law", "lose one's law".}}
Lawnoun
(obsolete) A tumulus of stones.
Lawnoun
A hill.
Lawverb
(obsolete) To work as a lawyer; to practice law.
Lawverb
To prosecute or sue (someone), to litigate.
Lawverb
(nonstandard) To rule over (with a certain effect) by law; govern.
Lawverb
(informal) To enforce the law.
Lawverb
To subject to legal restrictions.
Lawinterjection
(dated) An exclamation of mild surprise; lawks.
Lawnoun
legal document setting forth rules governing a particular kind of activity;
there is a law against kidnappingLawnoun
the collection of rules imposed by authority;
civilization presupposes respect for the lawthe great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing orderLawnoun
a generalization that describes recurring facts or events in nature;
the laws of thermodynamicsLawnoun
a rule or body of rules of conduct inherent in human nature and essential to or binding upon human society
Lawnoun
the learned profession that is mastered by graduate study in a law school and that is responsible for the judicial system;
he studied law at YaleLawnoun
the force of policemen and officers;
the law came looking for himLawnoun
the branch of philosophy concerned with the law and the principles that lead courts to make the decisions they do
