Citations:fiat

English citations of fiat

1. an effectual decree
   • and behold, some baleful fiat as of Enchantment has gone forth.

     Thomas Carlyle, Past and Present, ch. 1, Midas

   • Willis,

     His fiat laid the corner stone.

   • 2004 October 18, The New Yorker,

     The Republican domination of both houses of Congress has allowed him to do this almost by fiat, without domestic political resistance or accountability.

   • Allen G. Taylor, SQL For Dummies, Fifth Edition, Wiley Publishing, Inc.,

     The SQL:2003 specification does not try to arbitrate or establish by fiat what DOUBLE PRECISION means. The specification requires only that the precision of a DOUBLE PRECISION number be greater than the precision of a REAL number. This constraint, though rather weak, is perhaps the best possible in light of the great differences you encounter in hardware.