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\Fis"cal\, a. [F. fiscal, L. fiscalis, fr. fiscus. See
{Fisc}.]
Pertaining to the public treasury or revenue.
The fiscal arreangements of government.
--A.gt.Hamilton.
\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.
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