How to Use presentment in a Sentence

presentment

noun
  • Or, the jury could choose to not indict, but move forward with a presentment.
    Alexandra Glorioso, Miami Herald, 5 Feb. 2026
  • The other way to veto a bill is within five days after presentment.
    Bill Dentzer, idahostatesman, 28 Apr. 2017
  • One of those exemptions is about grand jury presentments.
    Lawrence Mower, The Orlando Sentinel, 27 Mar. 2026
  • By law, persons criticized in a presentment have a legal right to object to its release.
    Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 27 June 2026
  • The presentment said Coffey consumed a bottle of bourbon he was given.
    Washington Post, 20 Dec. 2017
  • That motion would delay the publication of the presentment until a judge rules on the appeal.
    Alexandra Glorioso, Miami Herald, 5 Feb. 2026
  • The events of that night and the morning after, as detailed in the grand-jury presentment, were both horrific and disturbing.
    Benjamin Wallace, vanityfair.com, 3 Oct. 2017
  • Prosecutors charged him with robbery and he was jailed after a presentment hearing, according to court files.
    Clarence Williams, Washington Post, 30 July 2019
  • The deal marks Usio’s return to the electronic bill payment and presentment industry.
    Patrick Danner, ExpressNews.com, 16 Dec. 2020
  • Grand jury reports, known as presentments, only remain secret if a person named in the report asks the court to redact portions that relate to them.
    Lawrence Mower, Miami Herald, 8 Apr. 2026
  • The grand jury had the options of handing up an indictment, declining to indict and issuing a report known as a presentment.
    Lawrence Mower, The Orlando Sentinel, 27 Mar. 2026
  • Both Berger and Hootman were charged on Friday after a presentment before a grand jury.
    Madeline Bartos, CBS News, 5 Dec. 2025
  • The grand jury presentment that led to the arrest revealed Krasley was one of the officers who counted the money and was later inside the van where it was stored.
    Eddie Pells, Chicago Tribune, 26 Dec. 2024
  • Groaning and shivering, Deng was brought into the living room, but wasn't driven to a hospital for at least an hour, the grand jury presentment said.
    Chris Fuchs, NBC News, 16 May 2017
  • If indeed the grand jury chose only to issue a presentment, charges may still be possible, according to former state attorneys.
    Lawrence Mower, The Orlando Sentinel, 27 Mar. 2026
  • Reporters also reviewed more than a dozen appeals court decisions related to how much of a presentment should be redacted before it is released to the public.
    Lawrence Mower, The Orlando Sentinel, 27 Mar. 2026
  • The officer eventually settled a lawsuit against the city, the department and Holmes, the presentment said.
    Ray Sanchez and Mirna Alsharif, CNN, 25 Oct. 2019
  • Prosecutors had also charged the fraternity with those same seven counts, according to the presentment.
    Chris Fuchs, NBC News, 16 May 2017
  • The criminal presentment against some of the fraternity members shows electronic messages urging the pledges not to talk, and to clean up the alcohol in the basement.
    Sara Ganim and Chris Welch, CNN, 15 May 2017
  • An electronic bill presentment and invoice reminding feature.
    Thomas Aronica, Forbes, 4 Mar. 2021
  • The hearings, known as a presentment, featured a reading of the charges against each individual and his relevant constitutional rights.
    Paul Myerberg, USA TODAY, 10 Oct. 2017
  • Last month, the Florida Trident reported that the presentment exists based on the exemptions cited.
    Lawrence Mower, The Orlando Sentinel, 27 Mar. 2026
  • Florida law allows at least temporary concealment of a presentment that isn’t accompanied by an indictment.
    Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 7 Mar. 2026
  • In response to records requests, his office has cited a range of laws, including one about presentments remaining confidential while a court works out whether a request to repress them should be granted.
    Lawrence Mower, Miami Herald, 8 Apr. 2026
  • Mendoza was also charged with voluntary manslaughter and other charges, according to a grand jury presentment unsealed Monday.
    Claudia Lauer, ajc, 2 May 2022
  • The jurors had issued a presentment into the shooting and killing of a Broward County man by a Florida Highway Patrol trooper.
    Lawrence Mower, The Orlando Sentinel, 27 Mar. 2026
  • When a suspect is arrested for a violent crime before formal charges have been filed, the first court appearance is technically a presentment, not an arraignment (even though it’s often misdescribed as the latter).
    Andrew C. McCarthy, National Review, 25 Mar. 2021
  • Later video showed Piazza on a couch, unresponsive even as fraternity brothers poured water on his face, his left arm falling limply when someone lifted it, according to the grand jury presentment.
    Susan Svrluga, Washington Post, 5 May 2017
  • One of the most high-profile presentments to date was by Campbell’s predecessor, former State Attorney Willie Meggs.
    Alexandra Glorioso, Miami Herald, 26 Mar. 2026
  • CheckFree actually brought a presentment service, called E-Bill, out of the pilot phase and onto the market in March 1997.
    Randolph Court, WIRED, 30 Apr. 1998

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