Meaning of procurator fiscal | Babel Free

Definitions

A local coroner and public prosecutor in Scotland.

Examples

“There was word of the procurator fiscal taking note of his doings, and troth, if they had continued long he must have fled the country.”

“For Lothian and Borders Police, the early-morning raid had come at the end one of biggest investigations carried out by the force, which had originally presented a dossier of evidence on the murder of Jodi Jones to the Edinburgh procurator-fiscal, William Gallagher, on 25 November last year.”

“For other notifications that do not meet the investigative threshold, RAIB may respond by writing a letter to the industry and issuing a press statement, taking no further action, or in the event of a fatality writing a letter to the coroner or the procurator fiscal (in Scotland) containing a summary of evidence.”

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