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Procurator fiscal
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Crown Solicitor
They were paid by salaries. In Scotland the still better plan exists of a Crown prosecutor (called the Procurator-Fiscal, and being a subordinate of the Lord-Advocate) in every county, who prepares every criminal prosecution. As to England,
Precognition
upon his examination. In criminal cases, the preliminary examination of witnesses usually conducted under the superintendence of the procurator fiscal.
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Advocate, Lord
is not usual for him to act in the inferior Courts, which have their respective public prosecutors, called procurators-fiscal, acting under his instructions. He does not, in prosecuting for offences, require the intervention of a grand jury,
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