A Daughter of Eve · Chapter
Endnotes explained
This chapter contains endnotes providing translations and explanations of French legal and colloquial terms used in the main text, including distinctions in the magistrature and a pun on the word 'poulets.'
What happens
This chapter contains endnotes providing translations and explanations of French legal and colloquial terms used in the main text, including distinctions in the magistrature and a pun on the word 'poulets.'
Key passages
“The magistrature assise consists of the judges who sit in court, and are appointed for life. The members of the magistrature amovible conduct the examination and prosecution of accused persons. They address the court standing, and are not appointed for life.”
The magistrature assise are lifetime-appointed judges who sit in court, while the magistrature amovible are prosecutors and examining magistrates who stand and are not appointed for life.
Clarifies the distinction between two branches of the French judiciary.
“In the French, “poulets,” which means “love-letters” as well as “chickens.””
The French word 'poulets' is a pun meaning both 'chickens' and 'love letters.'
Explains a double entendre in the original text.