Presentment
All > Law > Common Legal Terms
- Declaration or document issued by a grand jury that either makes a neutral report or notes misdeeds by officials charged with specified public duties. It ordinarily does not include a formal charge of crime. A presentment differs from an indictment.
US District Court - Northern District of NY - Cite This Source - This Definition - Corpus juris civilis, Directed verdict, Grand Jury, Hung jury, Indictment, Judgment as a matter of law, Jury, Mistrial, No Bill, petit jury (or trial jury), Polling the jury, Verdict