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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.
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 ...
The history of the procurator fiscal is similarly difficult to set down with exactness, though the role has developed significantly over time. The first documentary reference appears in the Records of the Parliament of Scotland for 22 August 1584, naming several procurators fiscal in Edinburgh.
Procurator fiscal, the public prosecutor in Scotland; Procurator to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, chief counsel to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland; Public procurator, a position in some Roman law systems, analogous to both detective and public prosecutor, including:
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.
Katrina Parkes, Scotland’s Procurator Fiscal for High Court Sexual Offences, said: “I commend the bravery of the young victims; their strength has resulted in the conviction and sentence of ...
Laura Buchan, from the Scottish Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service, also told the committee that it had “discussed and made similar observations around the age and the tension with the ...
The Lord Advocate serves as the ministerial head of the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service, and as such, is the chief public prosecutor for Scotland with all prosecutions on indictment being conducted by the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service in the Lord Advocate's name on behalf of the Monarch. The Lord Advocate serves as the ...