Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.
Assize of darrein presentment
n. [fr. French dernier pr6sentation "last presentment"] hist. A writ of assize allowing a person with a right of advowson that has been disturbed by another claimant to have a jury determine who had the last right to present a clerk to a benefice and then to allow that person to present again and to recover damages for interference. ( this was abolished by the real property limitation act of 1833 and was replaced by the quare impedit action. - also termed darreign presentment; assize of last presentation; assisa ultimae praesentationis; assize de ultima presentatione. - also spelled darreign. See advowson; quare impedit.
Englishry, presentment
of. PRESENTMENT OF ENGLISHRY.
Presentment
1. The act of presenting or laying before a court or other tribunal a formal statement about a matter to be dealt with legally. 2. A formal written accusation returned by a grand jury on its own initiative, without a prosecutor's previous indictment request. "A grand jury has only two functions, either to indict or to return a 'no bill.' The Constitution speaks also of a 'presentment,' but this is a term with a distinct historical meaning now not well understood. Historically presentment was the process by which a grand jury initiated an independent investigation and asked that a charge be drawn to cover the facts should they constitute a crime. With United States attorneys now always available to advise grand juries, proceeding by presentment is an outmoded practice." 1 Charles Alan Wright, Federal Practice and Procedure § 110, at 459 (3d ed. 1999). 3. The formal production of a negotiable instrument for acceptance or payment."Presentment and dishonor occur, for instance, when the holder of a check attempts to cash it at the drawee bank, but payment is refused because the drawer lacks sufficient funds on deposit. The demand for payment is presentment. The bank's refusal to pay is dishonor." 2 James J. White & Robert S. Summers, Uniform Commercial Code § 16--8, at 100 (4th ed. 1995).
darrein presentment
n. See ASSIZE OF DARREIN PRESENTMENT.
presentment for acceptance
Production of an instrument to the drawee, acceptor, or maker for acceptance. ( This type of presentment may be made anytime before maturity, except that with bills payable at sight, after demand, or after sight, presentment must be made within a reasonable time.
presentment for payment
Production of an instrument to the drawee, acceptor, or maker for payment. ( This type of presentment must be made on the date when the instrument is due.
presentment of Englishry
Hist. The offering of proof that a slain person was English rather than (before the Conquest) a Dane or (after the Conquest) a Norman. ( This requirement was issued first by the conquering Danes and then by the Normans to protect these groups from the English by the threat of a village- or hundred-wide amercement if the inhabitants failed to prove that a dead person found among them was English.
presentment warranty
An implied promise concerning the title and credibility of an instrument, made to a payor or acceptor upon presentment of the instrument for payment or acceptance. UCC §§ 3-417, 3-418, 4-207(1).