fiscal

Etymology 1

From Middle French fiscal, from Latin fiscus (“treasury”) – see fiscus and fisc.

adj

1. Related to the treasury of a country, company, region or city, particularly to government spending and revenue.
   fiscal matters
   fiscal lawyer
   fiscal system
2. (proscribed) Pertaining to finance and money in general; financial.

noun

1. A public official in certain countries having control of public revenue.
   ‘There I was interrogated by the Fiscal, who was making out a proces verbal […].’ 1792, Charlotte Smith, Desmond, Broadview, published 2001, page 149
2. (Britain, Scotland, law) Procurator fiscal, a public prosecutor.
3. (law) In certain countries, including Spain, Portugal, the Netherlands, and former colonies of these countries and certain British colonies, solicitor or attorney general.

Etymology 2

After Afrikaans fiskaal (“public official, hangman”).

noun

1. Any of various African shrikes of the genus Lanius.