Meaning of procurator fiscal | Babel Free

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A local coroner and public prosecutor in Scotland.

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“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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