Shield Bearer - Law Dictionary Search Results
Home Dictionary Name: shield bearerShield bearer
One who or that which carries a shield...
esquire
esquire [Middle French escuier squire, from Late Latin scutarius shield bearer, from Latin scutum shield] used as a title of courtesy for lawyers usually placed in its abbreviated form after the name and capitalized [John R. Smith Esq.] [Jane L. Smith Esq.] ...
Esquire
Originally a shield bearer or armor bearer an attendant on a knight in modern times a title of dignity next in degree below knight and above gentleman also a title of office and courtesy often shortened to squire...
Hypaspist
A shield bearer or armor bearer...
Bearer
Bearer, a person who carries anything; of a bill of exchange, the person in possession of a bill or note which is payable to bearer. See (English) Bills of Exchange Act, 1882 (45 & 46 Vict. c. 61), s. 2.Means a person holding a check, draft, or other negotiable instrument for payment especially marked payable to bearer or having a blank endorsement, Webster's Dictionary of Law, Indian Edn. (2005), p. 47....
Cheque (bearer)
Cheque (bearer), is one expressed to be payable to a particular person or bearer, or to bearer, or a cheque on which the only or last indorsement is in blank, Halsbury's Laws of England, Vol. 3(1), para 210, p. 177....
shield law
shield law : a law that prevents or protects against disclosure or revelation of information: as a : rape shield law b : a law that protects journalists from disclosure of confidential news sources ...
bearer
bearer : a person holding a check, draft, or other negotiable instrument for payment esp. marked payable to bearer or having a blank endorsement adj : freely transferable by the holder with or without endorsement and with full title passing by delivery to the transferee: as a : not having a registered owner b : not designating a specific payee [a instrument] [ checks] compare order ...
fiduciary shield doctrine
fiduciary shield doctrine : a doctrine barring a state from exercising personal jurisdiction over a nonresident defendant as an individual if the acts for which the defendant is being sued were performed in his or her capacity as a corporate agent or employee ...
rape shield law
rape shield law : a law that prohibits or limits use of evidence (as testimony) regarding prior sexual conduct of an alleged rape victim ...
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