fiscal

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fiscal - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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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  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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fiscal - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  fiscal
      adj 1: involving financial matters; "fiscal responsibility"
             [syn: fiscal, financial] [ant: nonfinancial]

fiscal - Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) :

  FISCAL. Belonging to the fisc, or public treasury.