He was called to the bar (Lincoln's Inn) in 1876, and made himself a thoroughly competent equity lawyer and conveyancer, but finally devoted himself to comparative jurisprudence and especially the history of English law.
In 1846, having decided to adopt the law as a profession, he left Cambridge, entered at Lincoln's Inn, and became a pupil of the conveyancer Mr Christie.
Disbursements Services paid for by the Conveyancer on the buyers behalf such as stamp duty, land registry charges and search fees.
The house seller 's conveyancer draws up two copies of the same contract, and each party signs their own copy.