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One that presents. … [Read more...] about PRESENTER

Immediately; now; at once. A right which may be exercised "presently" is opposed to one In reversion or remainder. … [Read more...] about PRESENTLY

(A) crim. law, practice. The written notice taken by a grand jury of any offence, from their own knowledge or observation, without any bill of indictment laid before them at the suit of the government; 4 Bl. Com. 301; upon such presentment, when 'proper, the officer employed to prosecute, afterwards frames a till of indictment, which is then sent to the grand jury, and they … [Read more...] about PRESENTMENT

The present instrument The phrase "these presents" is used in any legal document to designate the instrument In which the phrase itself occurs. … [Read more...] about PRESENTS

The manner of acquiring property by a long, honest, and uninterrupted possession or use during the time required by law. The possession must have been possessio longa, continua, et pacifica, nec sit ligitima interruptio, long, continued, peaceable, and without lawful interruption. 2. The law presumes a grant before the time of legal memory when the party claiming by … [Read more...] about PRESCRIPTION