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