Fiscal

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Fiscal \Fis"cal\ (f[i^]s"kal), a. [F. fiscal, L. fiscalis, fr.
     fiscus. See {Fisc}.]
     Pertaining to the public treasury or revenue.
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           The fiscal arrangements of government.   --A. Hamilton.


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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Fiscal \Fis"cal\, n.
     1. The income of a prince or a state; revenue; exchequer.
        [Obs.] --Bacon.
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     2. A treasurer. --H. Swinburne.
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     3. A public officer in Scotland who prosecutes in petty
        criminal cases; -- called also {procurator fiscal}.
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     4. The solicitor in Spain and Portugal; the attorney-general.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  fiscal
       adj : involving financial matters; "fiscal responsibility" [syn: {financial}]
             [ant: {nonfinancial}]

From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:

  FISCAL. Belonging to the fisc, or public treasury.