Pre-sĕnt'ment, n.

n. 1. The act of presenting, or the state of being presented; presentation. “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 offense 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; an inquisition of office and indictments; 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 in court which the surrendere gives of the surrender of a copyhold estate. Blackstone.