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Subject: [NJHUNTER-L] Esquire
Date: Wed, 9 Dec 1998 16:11:53 EST

>From Black's Law Dictionary, 6th edition, 1990:

Esquire. In English law, a title of dignity next above gentlemen, and below
knight. Also a title of office given to sheriffs, serjeants [sic], and
barristers at law, justices of the peace, and others.

In United States, title commonly appended after name of attorney.

Cynthia A. Myers McNeely, Esq. (the attorney kind).

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