FISCAL

a. n.

5 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
a.

Pertaining to the public treasury or revenue. The fiscal arreangements of government. A. Hamilton.

2.
n.

The income of a prince or a state; revenue; exhequer. [Obs.] Bacon.

3.
n.

A treasurer. H. Swinburne.

4.
n.

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

5.
n.

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


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