Associations to the word «Presentment»

PRESENTMENT, noun. (legal) A statement made on oath by a jury. [from 15th c.]

PRESENTMENT, noun. (legal) The notice taken by a grand jury of any offence from their own knowledge or observation, without any bill of indictment laid before them.

PRESENTMENT, noun. (ecclesiastical law) A formal complaint submitted to a bishop or archdeacon. [from 16th c.]

PRESENTMENT, noun. The act of presenting something for acceptance; now specifically, presenting something (e.g. a bill or cheque) for payment. [from 16th c.]

PRESENTMENT, noun. (now rare) An artistic representation; a picture. [from 16th c.]

PRESENTMENT, noun. Presentation of a performance, as of a play or work of music. [from 17th c.]

PRESENTMENT, noun. (now rare) The aspect or form in which something presents itself; appearance. [from 17th c.]

PRESENTMENT, noun. The official notice (formerly required to be given in court) of the surrender of a copyhold estate.

PRESENTMENT OF ENGLISHRY, noun. (law) (historical) successful proof or act of proving by the relatives of the deceased that one who had died suddenly was English, in order to avoid the fine levied (under the Norman kings) upon the hundred (an administrative subdivision) or township for the murder of a Norman

PRESENTMENT, noun. An accusation of crime made by a grand jury on its own initiative.

PRESENTMENT, noun. A document that must be accepted and paid by another person.

PRESENTMENT, noun. A show or display; the act of presenting something to sight or view; "the presentation of new data"; "he gave the customer a demonstration".