\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}.