"There is a difference taken between a _prebendary_ and a _canon_, for
a prebendary is _a præbendo_ and _nomen facti_ in respect of the
maintenance given to him: but _Canonicus est nomen juris_; and in our
usual translations a secular is translated to a regular, but not _e
converso_, a regular to a secular, _Palm 501_."--p. 34. sub titulo
_Advowson_.]
_What Amount of Property constitutes an Esquire?_--The practice of
subjoining "Esquire" to the names of persons has become so universal, that
the real significance of the title is quite lost sight of. Will some one of
your correspondents inform me what amount of property really constitutes an
Esquire?