Also 6 fiaunt, fyaunte. [L. fiant (3rd pers. pl. pres. subj. of fierī, see FIAT), in the formula fiant literæ patentes, ‘let letters patent be made out,’ with which these documents formerly commenced.]

1

  A warrant addressed to the Irish Chancery for a grant under the Great Seal. By Spenser used transf.

2

1534.  Skeffyngtom, in St. Papers Hen. VIII., II. 193. There be serteyne fyauntes made, to be put up to the Kynges Highnes, for officis in Ireland.

3

1591.  Spenser, M. Hubberd, 1143.

        Nought suffered he the Ape to give or graunt,
But through his hand alone must passe the Fiaunt.

4

1614.  in Cal. State Papers, Ireland, 7 Dec., 530. Warranty to draw forth a fiant of pardon unto Connor Roe Magwire, Esq.

5

1875.  Seventh Rep. Deputy Keeper Records Irel., 27. The ‘Fiants’ … extend from the 12th year of Henry VIII to the present time.

6