Presentment Definition

prĭ-zĕntmənt
noun
The act of presenting; presentation.
Webster's New World
An indictment.
American Heritage
The report of a grand jury concerning an alleged offense, used as a basis for an indictment.
American Heritage
A formal written document of accusation returned by a grand jury on its own, without the prosecutor’s having submitted a prior request for indictment. It is signed by all members of the grand jury, as distinct from an indictment, which is signed only by the foreman. Presentments are obsolete in federal courts.
Webster's New World Law
The production of a formal negotiable document, such as a promissory note, for payment.
Webster's New World Law
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Noun

Singular:
presentment
Plural:
presentments

Origin of Presentment

  • From Anglo-Norman presentment, presentement, Middle French presentement, corresponding to present +"Ž -ment.

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Presentment Sentence Examples

  • Accordingly in this dialogue he attacked Plato's fundamental position, both in its written and in its unwritten presentment, as a.

  • This transition from the presentment of traditional types to the modern play can be traced in the works of Gil Vicente, the father of the Portuguese theatre.

  • The most important of all, the 19th Yasht, gives a consecutive account of the Iranian heroic saga in great broad lines, together with a prophetic presentment of the end of this world.

  • If this court found the presentment true the offender was deemed guilty.

  • The truth is that Cousin's doctrine of the spontaneous apperception of impersonal truth amounts to little more than a presentment in philosophical language of the ordinary convictions and beliefs of mankind.

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Words Starting With

PPRPRE

Words Ending With

TNTENT

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Words Starting With P and Ending With T

Starts With P & Ends With TStarts With PR & Ends With TStarts With P & Ends With NT

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11 Letter Words11 Letter Words Starting With P11 Letter Words Ending With T