Ses immeubles, his property

1. 12. hi/2)ofhèque légale, légal mortgage, i. e. the mortgage which his wife had by law on the property of her husband, this property being really the money she had brought him, her dot.

1. 14. sa charge, his business. A French lawyer must buy a business, known in France as une charge de notaire, d'avoué, &c. A French lawyer can hâve no partner and is alone responsible for ail transactions.

1. 16. en imposant la intié j^ublique, by obliging the public to pity him.