† sentementn.
? Short for presentment n.
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society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > [noun] > action of laying something before court
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sentementc1500
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c1500 W. Kennedy Passion of Christ 494 Na thing mycht cule þe hatrent of þair hert, Quhill be [? read he] to de to Pilat wes present, Quhilk be þe law wes justice in þat art, In caus of blude to schaw þe sentement.
1509 S. Hawes Pastime of Pleasure (1845) x. 35 And if it [sc. the cause] be a lytle probable, From any maner stedfast argument, We ordre it for to be ryght stable, And than we never begyn our sentement, Recityng letters not convenient.
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n.c1500- demagoguery
- demagogues
- demagoguing
- demagoguish
- demagoguishness
- demagoguism
- demagoguisms
- demagoguize
- demagogy
- demaim
- demand
- demand a person's head on a etc
- demand a person's head on a plate
- demand a person's head on a platter
- demand curve
- demand deposit
- demand draft
- demand feeding
- demand money
- demand note
- demand or do justice of
- demand promissory
- demand satisfaction
- demand-driven
- demand-led