Why do attorneys use the term Esq?
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"Esq." is the abbreviation for the English title "Esquire". It is merely an honorary title of courtesy or respect. You don't have to use it if you don't want to.
It's an English holdover from colonial times. Esquire (esq.) means Attorney-at-law.
Probably an indication that our legal system derives from English common law and not The Bible.
It's short for "Esquire." "Esquire" means licensed attorney. There are so many communications we make in which various federal and state statutes and rules require us to disclose the fact we are attorneys that we just always add it after our names. It is easier to always do it than it is to look up each law that applies to us to see if we have to add it.
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