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Esquire [fr. escuyer, Fr.; scutum, Lat.; Gk., hide of which shields were made and afterwards covered], he who attended a knight in time of war, and carried his shield; whence he was called escuyer, in French, and scutifer or armiger, i.e., armour-bearer, in Latin. No estate, however large, conferred this rank upon its owner.Esquires may be divided into five classes:(I) The younger sons of peers and their eldest sons in perpetual succession.(II) The eldest sons of knights and their eldest sons in like successiorr.(III) The chiefs of ancient families are esquires by prescription.(IV) Esquires by creation or office. Such are the heralds and serjeants-at-arms, and some others, who are constituted esquires by receiving a collar of S.S. Judges and other offices of state, justices of the peace, and the higher naval and military officers are designated esquires in their patents and commissions. Doctors in the several faculties, and barristers-at-law, are also esquires. None of these offices co...
Messenger
One who bears a message the bearer of a verbal or written communication notice or invitation from one person to another or to a public body specifically an office servant who bears messages...
Payee
Payee, means person named in a negotiable instru-ment, to whom or to whose order the money is, by the instrument, directed to be paid, Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, s. 7.One to whom a bill of exchange or promissory note or cheque is made payable; he must be named or otherwise indicated therein, with reasonable certainty. The bill, note, or cheque may be made payable to one or more payees jointly, or in the alternative to one of two or one or some of several payees, or to the holder of an office for the time being; but where the payee is a fictitious or non-existing person, it may be treated as payable to bearer, Bills of Exchange Act, 1882, s. 7; and see Bank of England v. Vagliano, 1891 AC 107.The person named in the instrument to whom or to whose order the money is by the instrument directed to be paid, is called the 'payee'. (Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 (26 of 1881), s. 7)...
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