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presentment

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

How To Use presentment In A Sentence

  • In one case, the bishop and I believed that the allegations met the standard and so referred the matter to the standing committee, which then issued a presentment.
  • [40] The presentment, which is the other parent of our criminal procedure, had an origin distinct from the appeal. The Common Law
  • The drawer, by drawing the instrument, admits the existence of the payee and his then capacity to indorse; and engages that on due presentment the in - strument will be accepted or paid, or both, according to its tenor, and that if it is dishonored, and the necessary proceedings on dishonor are duly taken, he will pay the amount thereof to the holder, or to any subsequent in - dorser who may be comjoelled to pay it. Acts and resolves passed by the General Court
  • The main reason I am returning your presentment is that I have doubts about the validity of this alleged ‘debt.’
  • He took the view that presentment took place at the later time, as presentment had to be made to a person entitled to decide whether to pay or dishonour the instrument.
  • In a card of this type, the issuer warrants to the payee that a cheque, drawn by the card-holder for not more than a stated maximum amount, will be paid on presentment.
  • When a Bill is accepted generally, presentment for payment is not necessary in order to render the acceptor liable.
  • Moreover, the Ego, I, myself, as Will, as a continuously identic intelligent agent, am not given to myself immediately in my Presentment, any more than is the real object. Essays Towards a Theory of Knowledge
  • We see therefore that the Framers were acutely conscious that the bicameral requirement and the Presentment Clauses would serve essential constitutional functions.
  • Where the holder makes presentment for payment beyond the above time limit, the authorized payer shall reject it.
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