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
The Leon County grand jury on Tuesday issued a 17-page presentment order that says the investigation into the death of Andrew Coffey is not complete.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 19, 2017
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 Sketchley, Rose Esther Dorothea
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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