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ADDITIONADDITION. Whatever is added to a man's name by way of title, as additions of
estate, mystery, or place. 10 Went. Plead. 871; Salk. 6; 2 Lord Ray. 988; :1WUS. 244, 5. 2. Additions of an estate or quality are esquire, gentleman, and thelike; these
titles can however be claimed by none, and may be assumed by anyone. In Nash v. Battershy (2 Lord Ray. 986 6 Mod. 80,) the plaintiffdeclared with the addition of
gentleman. The defendant pleaded in abatementthat the plaintiff was no gentleman. The plaintiff demurred, and it washeld ill; for, said the court, it amounts to a confession
that the plaintiffis no gentleman, and then not the person named in the count. He should havereplied that he is a gentleman. 3. Additions of mystery are such as scrivener,
painter, printer,manufacturer, &c. 4. Additions of places are descriptions by the place of residence, asA. B. of Philadelphia and the like. See Bac. Ab. b. t.; Doct. Pl. 71; 2
Vin.Abr. 77; 1 Lilly's Reg. 39; 1 Metc. R. 151. 5. At common law there was no need of addition in any case, 2 Lord Ray.988; it was, required only by Stat. 1 H. 5. c. 5, in
cases where process ofoutlawry lies. In all other cases it is only a description of the person,and common reputation is sufficient. 2 Lord Ray. 849. No addition isnecessary in
a Homine Replegiando. 2 Lord Ray. 987; Salk. 5; 1 Wils. 244, 6;6 Rep. 67.
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