 The same year he entered the local Colegio de Abogados in Tudela, but did not commence his own practice at the time.Instead, he moved to Pamplona; until 1893 he served as abogado fiscal in the local Audiencia Provincial, the same year entering also Colegio de Abogados of the Navarrese capital.He inherited an estate of some 250 ha, located in the Ebro bend near Milagro, and is referred to also as "propietario".