About The Word Presentment
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Presentment
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What's The Definition Of Presentment?
[n] a show or display; the act of presenting something to sight or view; "the presentation of new data"; "he gave the customer a demonstration"
[n] an accusation of crime made by a grand jury on its own initiative [n] a document that must be accepted and paid by another person Synonyms | Synonyms for Presentment: demonstration | notification | presentation Related Terms | Find terms related to Presentment: See Also | billing | charge | due process | due process of law | exhibition | exposure | lecture demonstration | performance | show Presentment In Webster's Dictionary \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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