presentment

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English

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman presentment, presentement, Middle French presentement, corresponding to present +‎ -ment.

Pronunciation

Noun

presentment (countable and uncountable, plural presentments)

  1. (law) A statement made on oath by a jury.
    • 1993, Peter Kolchin, American Slavery, Penguin History, paperback edition, page 62:
      In 1771, a grand jury presentment in Georgia revealed that "Slaves are permitted to rent houses ."
  2. (law) The notice taken by a grand jury of any offence from their own knowledge or observation, without any bill of indictment laid before them.
    the presentment of a nuisance, a libel, etc.
  3. (ecclesiastical law) A formal complaint submitted to a bishop or archdeacon.
    • 1991, Raymond Grant, The Royal Forests of England, Alan Sutton:
      He recognised that there was general resentment of the oppressive conduct of the Forest officers, and made provision for regular inquiries into it, and for presentment of Forest offences to be made at the attachment courts, as a procedure preliminary to the Forest Eyre.
  4. The act of presenting something for acceptance; now specifically, presenting something (e.g. a bill or cheque) for payment.
    • 2000, Sarah Rose, “The Truth about Online Banking”, in Money, vol. 29.4:
      When online bill presentment, which removes all the paperwork, becomes widespread, says McKinsey's Stephenson, online banking will be far more compelling.
  5. (now rare) An artistic representation; a picture.
    • 1923 December 21, “Arts: In Washington”, in Time:
      Noted among the who's-who in portraiture: Hopkinson's Secretary Hughes, Childe Hassam's Governor Alfred E. Smith, of New York, Edmund C. Tarbell's Mary at the Harpsichord, Lillian Westcott Hale's child portrait study of Brothers, Frank Benson's Girl in Blue Jacket, and Marion Boyd Allen's presentment of Anna Vaughn Hyatt.
  6. Presentation of a performance, as of a play or work of music.
  7. (now rare) The aspect or form in which something presents itself; appearance.
  8. The official notice (formerly required to be given in court) of the surrender of a copyhold estate.

Derived terms

Old French

Etymology

presenter +‎ -ment.

Noun

presentment oblique singularm (oblique plural presentmenz or presentmentz, nominative singular presentmenz or presentmentz, nominative plural presentment)

  1. presentation (act of presenting, of showing)
  2. presentation (that which is presented, is given)

Descendants

  • English: presentment