Presentment

A presentment can be defined as the act of presenting to an authority a formal statement of a matter to be dealt with.[1]

It can be a formal presentation of a matter such as a complaint, indictment or bill of exchange. In early-medieval England, juries of presentment would hear inquests in order to establish whether someone should be presented for a crime.[2]

In the Church of England Churchwardens' Presentments are reports to the Bishop relating to parishioners' misdemeanors and other things amiss in the parish.[3]

Latin translations
  • presentacione, noun
  • narratio
    • rehearsal, narrative, narration, story, account, presentment
  • narratus
    • story, relating, narration, account, narrative, presentment
  • subiectio
    • presentment, forgery, falsehood, adjunction, attachment
  • subjectio
    • presentment, forgery, falsehood, adjunction, attachment

References
  1. "Presentment". Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
  2. Katherine Fischer Drew (2004), Magna Carta, Greenwood Publishing Group, pp. 42–43, ISBN 978-0313325908
  3. The Canons of the Church of England. 6th Edition (2000). London: Church House Publishing. p. 165. ISBN 0-7151-3842-1.


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