procurator fiscal

(in Scotland) a legal officer who performs the functions of public prosecutor and coroner Sometimes shortened to: fiscal

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In Scotland the duties of a coroner are performed by an officer called a procurator-fiscal.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 4 |Various
Is there a gentleman here by the name of Mr. Procurator-Fiscal?

The Plays of W. E. Henley and R. L. Stevenson |Robert Louis Stevenson
That Audiencia is composed of a president (who is always the governor), four oidores or auditors, and one procurator-fiscal.

The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume 29 of 55 |Various
He's been in the Town-house before the sheriff and the procurator-fiscal this hour and a half or more.

The Ladies Lindores, Vol. 3(of 3) |Margaret Oliphant

Ratcliffe laughed, and, winking to the procurator-fiscal, pursued the inquiry in his own way.

The Heart of Mid-Lothian, Vol. 1., Illustrated |Sir Walter Scott