fiscus

plural fisci

1. A government treasury.

   For the first time in more than 30 years, the American fiscus was in a healthy state in the Fall of 2000.

   2002, Sue Eleanor Headlee, A Year Inside the Beltway: Making Economic Policy in Washington, →ISBN

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   It generally applies to all taxes, stamp duties or other compulsory payments to state funds or local governments as well as any subsidies received from the central fiscus or state funds as long as the administration thereof is provided by the Tax and Financial Supervision Authority.

   1998, Klára Oppenheim, Jenny Power, Hungarian Business Law, →ISBN, page 46

   Furthermore, it is shown by the fact that the State treasury (" fiscus ") could not be made a party to an action, and also, later, by the absolute power of the emperor.

   1999, Ludwig von Bar, A History of Continental Criminal Law, →ISBN, page 18

   The soundness of the fiscal position enabled government to respond aggressively to the recent global financial crisis by raising spending and debt without compromising the long run sustainability of the fiscus.

   2012, Cees Bruggemans, Elsebe' Loots, Economic Perspectives: Ruiterbosch Essays in honour of Peet Strydom, →ISBN

plural Fiscuses

1. A surname from German.