presentment Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun an accusation of crime made by a grand jury on its own initiative
    notification.
  2. noun a document that must be accepted and paid by another person
  3. noun a show or display; the act of presenting something to sight or view
    demonstration; presentation.
    • the presentation of new data
    • he gave the customer a demonstration

WordNet

Pre*sent"ment noun
Definitions
  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. Mozley & W.

Webster 1913