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The office most likely originates in the Roman-Dutch and French manorial or seignorial administrator (Dutch: procurator-fiscaal, French: procureur fiscal), who, as the fiscal in the title suggests, was originally an officer of the sheriff (the local law enforcement officer and judge) with financial (fiscal) responsibilities: the procurator fiscal collected debts, fines, and taxes.
Procurator (with procuracy or procuratorate referring to the office itself) may refer to: Procurator, one engaged in procuration , the action of taking care of, hence management, stewardship, agency
A fiscal procurator (procurator Augusti) was the chief financial officer of a province during the Principate (30 BC – AD 284). A fiscal procurator worked alongside the legatus Augusti pro praetore (imperial governor) of his province but was not subordinate to him, reporting directly to the emperor. The governor headed the civil and judicial ...
They are also responsible for the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service which together constitute the Criminal Prosecution Service in Scotland. Together with the Lord Advocate, the Solicitor General for Scotland is one of the senior legal advisors to the government in Scotland. [ 2 ]
The name "fiscal procurator" or "fiscal promoter" was previously used in canon law [4] for the official known since the publication of the 1917 Code of Canon Law as the promoter of justice, whose function is to safeguard the public welfare in cases brought before ecclesiastical tribunals.
Thomson began her career as a lawyer with SSEB and then became a Procurator Fiscal in 1985. She spent most of her career on fraudulent related crimes, prosecuting those involved and seizing the assets of criminals. She served as the Area Procurator Fiscal for Selkirk, Edinburgh and later as interim for Lothian & Borders. [4]
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Prosecutor Chief Prosecutor Robert H. Jackson (on the pulpit) at the Nuremberg Trials Occupation Occupation type Profession Activity sectors Law, law enforcement Description Competencies Advocacy skills, analytical mind, sense of justice Education required Typically required to be authorised to practice law in the jurisdiction, law degree, in some cases a traineeship. Fields of employment ...