资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Presentment \Pre*sent"ment\, n.
   1. The act of presenting, or the state of being presented;
      presentation. `` Upon 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 offence 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; also, an inquisition
          of office and indictment by a grand jury; 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 (formerly required to be given in
          court) of the surrender of a copyhold estate.
          --Blackstone.

   {Presentment of a bill of exchange}, the offering of a bill
      to the drawee for acceptance, or to the acceptor for
      payment. See {Bill of exchange}, under {Bill}.