A presentment is the act of presenting to an authority a formal statement of a matter to be dealt with. It can be a formal presentation of a matter such as a

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. In early-medieval England, juries of presentment would hear inquests in order to establish whether someone should be presented for a crime. In the

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Churchwardens' Presentments are reports to the Bishop relating to parishioners' misdemeanors and other things amiss in the parish.

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