In Britain, it means diddly. It means you're a male, presumably respectable. If you have no other title, then the overly-British will put esq. after your name on an envelope, etc. In America, I believe it's sometimes used after a lawyer's surname. However, I don't see it used much by U.S. lawyers.
Davit systems are most often used to lower an emergency lifeboat to the embarkation level to be boarded. Davits can also be used as man-overboard safety devices to retrieve personnel from the water. The lifeboat davit has falls (now made of wire, historically of manila rope) that are used to lower the lifeboat into the water.
Here's how it works: 1  You'll be awake the entire time, and either lying down or sitting up in a chair. 2  A catheter (small needle) is placed in a vein in your arm. 3  10 to 20 seconds after the saline solution, a small dose of radioactive isotope imaging tracer material is injected into the catheter.