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Meaning of 'presentment' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Presentment [ n.]
- The act of presenting, or the state of being presented; presentation.
- Setting forth to view; delineation; appearance; representation; exhibition.
- 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.
- The official notice (formerly required to be given in court) of the surrender of a copyhold estate.

Meaning of 'presentment' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . presentment [ n]
Meaning (1):
- a show or display; the act of presenting something to sight or view
Example in sentence:
  • he gave the customer a demonstration;
  • the presentation of new data

Nearby Words:

pre- preaccusation preace preach preached preacher preachership preachify preaching preachman

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