Category:Presentment

Pre*sent"ment, n.

1. The act of presenting, or the state of being presented; Presentation. " upon the heels of my presentment." Shak.

2. Setting forth to view; delineation; appearance; representation; Exhibition. Power to cheat the eye with blear illusion, and give it false Presentment. Milton.

3. (law) (a) the notice taken by a grand jury of any offence from their own Knowledge or observation, without any bill of indictment laid before Them, as, the presentment of a nuisance, a libel, or the like; also, An inquisition of office and indictment by a grand jury; an official Accusation presented to a tribunal by the grand jury in an Indictment, or the act of offering an indictment; also, the Indictment itself. (b) the official notice (formerly required to be given in court) of The surrender of a copyhold estate. Blackstone. Presentment of a bill Of exchange, the offering of a bill to the drawee for acceptance, or To the acceptor for payment. See bill of exchange, under bill.

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