presentment
[noun]
Synonyms: representation, delineation, depiction, description, picture, portraiture, portrayal

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presentment noun. [prɪ'zɛntm(ǝ)nt] ME.
[Old French presentement, formed as PRESENT verb: see -MENT.]
1. = PRESENTATION 1, 2. ME.

2. Law. The action or an act of laying before a court, magistrate, etc., a formal statement of a matter requiring legal action; spec. (a) a statement on oath by a jury of a fact known to them; (b) a similar statement by a magistrate, justice of the peace, or constable; (c) Ecclesiastical a formal complaint or report made by a churchwarden etc. to a bishop or archdeacon. LME.

3. = PRESENTATION 3, 4, 6. E17.
■ G. Bancroft The presentment of a burlesque masque.
■ F. R. Leavis This poem..is particularly dramatic in presentment.

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