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Dave Wilton

24 Oct 2023 • 4 min read
Halloween
A Halloween jack o’ lantern

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fiscal / procurator-fiscal

One of my favorite TV shows is Shetland, a police procedural set, obviously, on the Shetland Islands. One of the words that keeps popping up is fiscal. The detectives talk of referring matters to the “fiscal” or someone has to fly to Aberdeen to meet with the "fiscal office.
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