presentment

n.

1. 1. The act of presenting to view or to the mind.
   2. Something expressed, presented, or exhibited.
   3. The light in which something is presented.
2. Law.
   1. The act of submitting or presenting a formal statement of a legal matter to a court or an authorized person.
   2. The report written by a grand jury concerning an offense and based on the jury's own knowledge and observation.
3. The act of presenting a bill or note for payment.

Demand for payment of a Check or other Negotiable Instrument. Checks are typically submitted for payment through a bank Clearing House association, the Federal Reserve's check collection system, or by direct presentment to the paying bank. Presentment of checks to the paying bank may take place at various times during the business day, and as late as 2 P.M. for checks presented directly to the paying bank.

This entry contains information applicable to United States law only.

A grand jury statement that a crime was committed; a written notice, initiated by a grand jury, that states that a crime occurred and that an indictment should be drawn.

In relation to commercial paper, presentment is a demand for the payment or acceptance of a negotiable instrument, such as a check. The holder of a negotiable instrument generally makes a presentment to the maker, acceptor, drawer, or drawee.

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The noun has 3 meanings:

Meaning #1: an accusation of crime made by a grand jury on its own initiative
  Synonym: notification

Meaning #2: a document that must be accepted and paid by another person

Meaning #3: a show or display; the act of presenting something to sight or view
  Synonyms: presentation, demonstration

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - forevisning

Nederlands (Dutch)
het presenteren, iets dat gepresenteerd wordt, (kerkelijke) aanklacht

Français (French)
n. - (Fin) présentation, (US, Jur) déclaration d'accusation (émise par le jury)

Deutsch (German)
n. - Darstellung, Vorlegung

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - παρουσίαση

Italiano (Italian)
presentazione, modo di presentarsi, descrizione, esposizione

Português (Portuguese)
n. - apresentação (f), representação (f), denúncia (f)

Русский (Russian)
представление, предоставление

Español (Spanish)
n. - presentación, reclamación, queja, declaración del jurado

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - överlämnande, uppvisande, framställning, skildring, klagomål (jur.)

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
呈现, 显示, 表现, 描写, 上演, 表演, 付兑, 递交

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 呈現, 顯示, 表現, 描寫, 上演, 表演, 付兌, 遞交

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 진술, 서술

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 表示, 陳述, 描写, 絵, 表象, 上演, 提出, 呈示, 陳情

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) عرض, تقديم, إظهار‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮הצהרה בשבועה, תיאור, הגשה, הצגה‬

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