Look up: Fiscus


  1. Fiscus
    Fiscus, from which comes the English term fiscal, was the name of the personal treasury of the emperors of Rome. The word is literally translated as "basket" or "purse" and was used to describe those forms of revenue collected from the provinces (specifically the imperial provinces), which were the...
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  2. fiscus
    In ancient Rome, a fund or treasury. Under the Roman empire, the word came to denote the emperor's funds (hence the word `fiscal`), as distinct from the aerarium or public treasury, which...
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  3. fiscus
    The Imperial treasury.
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  4. Fiscus
    Imperial treasury.
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  5. fiscus
    the Roman emperor`s treasury (where money was stored in baskets), as opposed to the public treasury (aerarium). It drew money primarily from revenues ...
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  6. Fiscus
    Lat. The King's personal land and properties.
    Found op http://www.lectlaw.com/def/f044.htm

  7. Fiscus
    Properly, a fiscus is a wicker basket or pannier. However, from the Roman custom of carrying money in such receptacles the word came to mean a money- chest, and, after establishment of the empire, the treasury of the emperor as distinct from that of the state which was called aerarium.
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