presentment
Example Sentences
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The court’s three magistrates and five detailees have handed seven times the workload of new criminal presentments compared with the same period last year, court officials said.
From Washington Post
“This is the sort of case that should have been charged, if at all, only after consultation with the commonwealth’s attorney and the presentment of indictments to a grand jury.”
From Washington Post
The issue resurfaced after his initial hearing before a federal magistrate on Monday, when Dear insisted on acting as his own attorney, prompting the judge to reschedule the presentment for Friday.
From Reuters
Prosecutors charged him with robbery and he was jailed after a presentment hearing, according to court files.
From Washington Post
“Hopefully," he said, "we can end this with his arrest and presentment before the court.”
From Fox News
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.