Fis"cal (?), a. [F. fiscal, L. fiscalis, fr. fiscus. See Fisc.]

Pertaining to the public treasury or revenue.

The fiscal arreangements of government. A�x3e;Hamilton.

 

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Fis"cal, n.

1.

The income of a prince or a state; revenue; exhequer.

[Obs.]

Bacon.

2.

A treasurer.

H. Swinburne.

3.

A public officer in Scotland who prosecutes in petty criminal cases; -- called also procurator fiscal.

4.

The solicitor in Spain and Portugal; the attorney-general.

 

© Webster 1913.

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