单词 | procurator-fiscal |
释义 | procurator-fiscaln. Scottish. ΚΠ 1539 in R. Renwick Abstr. Protocols Town Clerks Glasgow (1897) IV. 119 I wyll the said vicar..wair yeirlie apone the uphald of the howssis..ten schillingis be sycht and avice of the procuratouris fyschallis of the queir of Glasgw. 1578 in T. McCrie Life Andrew Melville (1824) II. 339 [Robert Pont]..procurator phiscall of the said priorie. 2. Scots Law. The public prosecutor of a district, appointed originally by the sheriff or magistrates, now by the Lord Advocate, with responsibility for taking the precognitions, deciding whether to prosecute, and also for performing some of the functions of a coroner.Apparently originally the title for the official who had responsibility for the collection and administration of fines, fees, and other payments accruing to the courts Cf. earlier procurator n.1 4b in the same sense. For the history of the office see Jrnl. Jurisprudence 21 (1877) pp. 24ff., 67ff., 140ff.; 22 (1878) pp. 24ff., 69ff. ΘΚΠ society > law > legal profession > lawyer > [noun] > state or public law officers > state or public prosecutor > in Scotland procurator1402 Lord Advocate1496 procurator-fiscal1564 fiscal1681 public prosecutor1750 1564 Burgh Court Perth 5 May 75 The actioun and caus persewit be William Gall officiar William Ramsay procuratour fiscall contrar and agains Blais Colt. 1583–4 Decree-arbitral of Jas. VI in Jrnl. Jurispr. 21 141 Mr. Johnne Skene, procurator fiscall. 1584 in D. Littlejohn Rec. Sheriff Court Aberdeenshire (1904) I. Introd. 44 Actioun..at the instance off our Souerane Lord and Mr. George Barclay his M. Procuratour Phiscall. 1606 Act Secret Council 4 Feb. in Jrnl. Jurispr. 21 69 Pryces set down to the Procurators-Fiscal, to be taken hereafter for forming of Testaments. 1678 G. Mackenzie Laws & Customes Scotl. ii. 414 The way of procedure before the Sheriff, is by an Assize, and the Procurator-Fiskal is pursuer in place of His Majesties Advocat. 1705 W. Forbes Treat. Church-lands & Tithes ii. iii. 267 Before whom Actions were pursued at the instance of the Heretors, or Procurator Fiscal, in case of their neglect. 1752 J. Louthian Form of Process (ed. 2) 254 Application shall be made to the Sheriff by Petition, signed by the private Party complaining, or by the Procurator-fiscal, setting forth the Nature of the Crime. 1818 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian iv, in Tales of my Landlord 2nd Ser. II. 77 The city's procurator-fiscal, upon whom the duties of superintendent of police devolved. 1875 W. McIlwraith Guide Wigtownshire 95 On the ground floor is the office of the Procurator-Fiscal. 1902 C. J. C. Hyne Mr. Horrocks, Purser 272 If we do this thing, they will send the policeman over from Scalloway, and he'll carry us away before the procurator-fiscal. 1947 H. W. Meikle Scotland 103 Originally the Procurator-Fiscal was the Sheriff's own officer, dating from the distant day when the Sheriff was both prosecutor and judge in his own court. 1996 Sunday Post 30 June 25/2 (caption) To give recruits a taste of the whole judiciary process, staff from the local Procurator Fiscal's office act as prosecutors, defence councel and Sheriff in the mock-up court-room, which also doubles as a conference room. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > one who administers justice > an officer of the court > [noun] > other officers of specific courts alderman1275 steward of the manor1303 Queen's (also King's) Proctor?a1425 remembrancer1451 augmentationer1550 associate1552 procurator-fiscal1564 proctor-fiscal1565 chafer1587 custos brevium1589 examiner1594 chafe-wax1607 exceptor1728 procurator general1740 Marshal of the (Court of) Admiralty1769 Pundit of the Supreme Court1827 1564–5 in J. Beveridge & G. Donaldson Reg. Secreti Sigilli Regum Scotorum (1957) V. i.545/2 For assisting hir grace procuratour fiscale that the saidis gudis and geir contenit in the saidis testamentis be gevin up to the just avale. 1598 in W. Fraser Melvilles & Leslies (1890) III. 146 Efter..lauchfull varning..of the executouris..and that nane compeirit we decernit the procuratour fischall of our said commissarie in executour datiue to hir and thairefter, at the supplicatioun..of the saidis Margaret..Melwillis, we haue reponit and put thame in the said fischallis place. c1610 in J. Balfour Practicks (1754) 664 For the commissar clerkis procuratour-fiscals and uther memberis of court of the haill ecclesiastical judgmentis. 1667 in J. Stuart Sel. Rec. Kirk Aberdeen (1846) 282 The commissar of Aberdene and his procurator fiscall. 1754 J. Erskine Princ. Law Scotl. II. iii. ix. 401 If there was no compearance, he preferred to the office his own procurator fiscal, who was thereby intitled to the whole dead's part. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1539 |
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