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A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States · John Bouvier · 1839
A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States
persons. Titles are distinctions by which a person is known. The constitution of the United States forbids the grant by the United States of any title of nobility, (q. v.) Titles are bestowed by courtesy on certain officers; the president of the United States sometimes receives the title of excellency; judges and members of congress that of honourable; and members of the bar and justices of the peace are called esquires.
Cooper’s Justinian, 416; Brackenridge’s Law Miscell.
Index, h. t.