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  Presentment \Pre*sent"ment\, n.
     1. The act of presenting, or the state of being presented;
        presentation. `` Upon the heels of my presentment.''
        --Shak.
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     2. Setting forth to view; delineation; appearance;
        representation; exhibition.
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              Power to cheat the eye with blear illusion,
              And give it false presentment.        --Milton.
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     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.
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     Presentment of a bill of exchange, the offering of a bill
        to the drawee for acceptance, or to the acceptor for
        payment. See Bill of exchange, under Bill. --Mozley &
        W.
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  Presentment \Pre*sent"ment\, n.
     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.
  
     Presentment of a bill of exchange, the offering of a bill
        to the drawee for acceptance, or to the acceptor for
        payment. See Bill of exchange, under Bill.