presentment
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Four other officers who were on the scene and had taken cover did not fire their weapons, according to a grand jury presentment.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 9, 2020
“Hopefully," he said, "we can end this with his arrest and presentment before the court.”
From Fox News ● May 22, 2019
The votes of at least 12 of the grand jurors are needed to return an indictment or to make a presentment.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2016
Constitution, adopted in 1791, includes a grand jury clause that reads, “No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a grand jury.”
From Slate ● Dec. 9, 2014
But in turning to the work of those draughtsmen whose subject is the presentment of character, of every man in his own humour, the illustration of literature is a part only of what is noteworthy.
From English Book-Illustration of To-day Appreciations of the Work of Living English Illustrators With Lists of Their Books by Rose Esther Dorothea Sketchley
Vocabulary lists containing presentment
"Preamble" and "Bill of Rights," Vocabulary from the U.S. Constitution
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"The Tragedy of Hamlet," Vocabulary from Act 3
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Protecting Civil Liberties, Sections 5–7
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