Fiscal \Fis"cal\, n.
1. The income of a prince or a state; revenue; exchequer.
[Obs.]
--Bacon.
[1913 Webster]
2. A treasurer. --H. Swinburne.
[1913 Webster]
3. A public officer in Scotland who prosecutes in petty
criminal cases; -- called also procurator fiscal.
[1913 Webster]
4. The solicitor in Spain and Portugal; the attorney-general.
[1913 Webster]
Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |