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}.