presentment
Example Sentences
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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
In 1811, a grand jury in the Mississippi Territory forwarded the House of Representatives its presentment specifying charges against federal territorial Judge Harry Toulmin, which set in motion a House impeachment inquiry.
From Slate ● Jun. 9, 2020
“Hopefully," he said, "we can end this with his arrest and presentment before the court.”
From Fox News ● May 22, 2019
A presentment is a formal accusation brought by the grand jury on its own motion, rather than that of the prosecutor.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2016
They were not the Black Cross of Germany--a counterfeit presentment of the White Ensign--but the genuine article--the British naval ensign.
From With Beatty off Jutland A Romance of the Great Sea Fight by Percy F. (Percy Francis) Westerman
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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