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praesentamentum

praesentamentum [CL praesentare+-mentum; cf. ME, OF presentement] , (leg.) presentment, act of presenting or substance of document that is presented before a jury or magistrate (usu. w. ref. to complaint). 1295 dixit quod ex querela Johannis Edrich versus villatam de Rugaker non fuit per ~um CourtR Hales 340; 1331 parcellam ‥ seisitam fuisse virtute ~i tunc facti PQW 150b; 1419 breve ad distringendum majorem et vicecomites pro quodam ~o super eos presentato in Suthwerk et ~um predictum ‥ MGL I 573; s1443 singula eorum ~a transvertere ‥ disponebat Croyl. Cont. B 520; accusati per indictamentum, ~um, aut per testimonium ‥ tercium Entries f. 598v..

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