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What do the different abbreviations after lawyer names mean? "Esq" Is short for "Esquire" which was once the lowest level of the English system of titles for nobility and gentry (originally an esquire was a sort of apprentice knight, and later it indicated that a person was a "gentleman" but without any higher title) Lawyers started using it to indicate that although paid professionals, they claimed a social status above that of tradesmen and shopkeepers
Why are lawyers not called doctor? - Law Stack Exchange The fact that many lawyers do not have a J D and instead have an L L B, and more importantly, that no lawyers had a J D at the time that customary forms of address for lawyers were formulated (the legal profession in the United States was formalized in the late 1800s and the first law school was established at Harvard in 1870), is part of the
What exactly is a title of nobility under the US Constitution? Consistent with the discussion below, the title "Esquire" for lawyers as used in the United States, is not a title of nobility because it cannot be passed on to the children of the people who hold it (in either English or American usage) and because it does not, in U S usage, at least, confer legal privileges on a hereditary basis (In 19th
united states - In the US, what kind of lawyer represents the . . . Generally, the Federal government would be represented in civil cases by lawyers with no special title In many cases, these would be lawyers working for the Civil Division of the Department of Justice , but other agencies also have lawyers to represent them in more specialized litigation—for example, the IRS Chief Counsel's Office
legal terms - Is there a common name for lawyers and judges? - Law . . . In English law, a title of dignity next above gentleman, and below knight Also a title of office given to sheriffs, serjeants [sic], and barristers at law, justices of the peace, and others from Black's Law Dictionary Edit: Just to note, while the above mentioned "English law", the same applies in the USA as far as I know
music - Are song titles subject to trademark? - Law Stack Exchange So, it is probably not an infringing use (and the title may have even been used with permission, given the belts and suspenders tendencies of music industry intellectual property lawyers) It would be rare for a song title to infringe a trademark, and even more rare for a song title that is the same as another song's title constitute trademark
How can I use a trademark name in my app title? Including someone else's trademark in your own trademark (which is what an app title is) does not fall within the nominative fair use exception because you use [CROSSWORD GAME NAME] trademark as a trademark for your product – an app – and the statutory language in 15 U S C 1115(b)4) specifically states that the defense applies only where
What does a lawyer do if they know for absolute certain that their . . . The job of defense lawyers is to try to help their clients avoid being found guilty The legal profession thinks this makes sense because there are rules to be followed in proving a case and those rules have value in themselves, even if sometimes the rules prevent a guilty person from being found guilty
What is meant by right, title and interest? - Law Stack Exchange The phrase "right, title and interest" is an example of what is known as a "legal triplet' These ad the closely related "legal doublets" are described in the Wikipedia article as: a standardized phrase used frequently in English legal language consisting of two or more words that are near synonyms, usually connected by "and", and in standard