presentment\pre*sent"ment\ (?), n.
1. the act of presenting, or the state of being presented; presentation. " upon the heels of my presentment."
2. setting forth to view; delineation; appearance; representation; exhibition. power to cheat the eye with blear illusion, and give it false presentment.
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.
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.
presentment n
1. an accusation of crime made by a grand jury on its own initiative
[syn: notification] 2. a document that must be accepted and paid by another person
3. the act of presenting something; "he gave the customer a demonstration"
[syn: presentation, demonstration]
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