Fiscus

In Roman Law. The treasury of the prince _ or emperor, as distinguished from "aerarium,," which was the treasury of the state. Spelman; Plin. Pand. 86; Tacit, vi. 2; Calv. Lex. The treasury or property of the state, as distinguished from the private property of the sovereign. Dig. 49. 14; 1 Mackeld. Civ. Law, 149, § 144. In English Law. The king's treasury, as the repository of forfeited property. Bracton, fol. 150. The treasury of a noble, or of any private person. Spelman. The use of the word in the sense of a treasury is derived from its primary meaning, a wicker basket or hamper in which money was kept by the Romans. Burrill.

In Civil Law. The treasury of a prince; the public treasury. 1 Low C. 361. In France, fisc. Hence, to confiscate a thing Is to appropriate It to the fisc. Paillet, Droit Public, 21, n., says that fiscus, In the Roman law, slgnifled the treasury of the prince, and cerarium the treasury of the state. This distinction was not observed in France. In course of time the fiscus absorbed the cerarium and became the treasury of the state. Gray, Nature and Sources of Law 68. See Law 10, ft. De jure FUoi.

In Roman law. The treasury of the prince or emperor, as distinguished from "œrarium," which was the treasury of the state. Spelman. The treasury or property of the state, as distinguished from the private property of the sovereign.

In English law. The king's treasury, as the repository of forfeited property. The treasury of a noble, or of any private person. Spelman.

I. In English laie. The king's treasury, as the repository of forfeited property; the treasury of a noble, or of any private person.

In the Roman law. The treasury of the emperor, as distinguished from cerarium, which was the treasury of the state; the treasury or property of the state, as distinguished from the private property of the sovereign. Fishery. A right or liberty of taking fish; a species of incorporeal hereditament anciently termed piscorj/. Fish royal, v. Royal fish.

In Roman law. The treasury of the prince or emperor, as distinguished from “erariwin,” which was the treasury of the state. Spelman. The treasury or property of the state, as distinguished from the private property of the sovereign.

In English law. The king’s treasury, as the repository of forfeited property. The treasury of a noble, or of any private person. Spelman.

Lat.

In the Komim law. The treasury of the prince or emperor, as distinguished from cerarium, which was the treasury of the state. Spelman. Plin. Pan, 36. Tacit. AnnaL vi. 2. Calv, Lex, Jurid. The treasury or property of the state, as distinguished from the private property of the sovereign. Dig. 49. 14. De jurejlici, 1 Mackeld. Civ. Law, 149, § 144.

In English law. The king's treasury, as the repository of forfeited property. Bona eorum fisco non vindicentur,—bona ipsorum confiscentur; their goods shall not be claimed for the fiso or treasury, — ^their goods shall be confiscated. Bract, fol. 150. The treasury of a noble, or of any private person. Spelman. The use of this word, in the sense of a treasury, is derived from its primary meaning, a wicker basket, or hamper, {sporta, clitella,) in which money was kept by the Romans, and carried about. That the early English kings sometimes carried their treasure with them in hampers of this kind is shown by Spelman in a quotation from the Book of the monastery of Ramsey, where a bishop is mentioned as having on one occasion borrowed of King Canute all the gold he had in his hampers, {in c Htellis regiis.) Spelman supposes this use of the word to be preserved in the hanaper or hamper office of the English court of chancery. But see 3 Bl. Com. 48, 49. Lord Coke speaks oi&fine in the hamper. 5 Co. 44.