avocat old French, I do believe, to desribe someone with traing in jurisprudence ie. a lawyer. Something my ancestors were involved way back in the olden days in St. Malo Hmm ok so very olden days 1300 to 1500 Yes, I am one who still has strong feelings that suggest that Dreyfus was "framed" and the prosecutor DuPaty de Cham was part of it. But I feel we should end such topic unless we can somehow discuss the law during Huguenot times Kind Regards, Peter Leroy