Webster's English Dictionary

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presentment

pre.sent.ment \pri-'zent-m*nt\ n 1: the act of presenting to an authority a 
   formal statement of a matter to  be dealt with; specif : the notice taken 
   or statement made by a grand jury of an offense from their own knowledge 
   without a bill of indictment laid before them 2: the act of offering a 
   document at the proper time and place requiring to  be accepted or paid by 
   another 3a: the act of presenting to view or consciousness  3b: something 
   set forth, presented, or exhibited  3c: the aspect in which something is 
   presented