What is "presentment of a bill of exchange"

Presentment \Pre*sent"ment\, n.

1. The act of presenting, or the state of being presented; presentation. `` Upon the heels of my presentment.''
   --Shak.

2. Setting forth to view; delineation; appearance; representation; exhibition.

   Power to cheat the eye with blear illusion, And give it false presentment.
   --Milton.

3. (Law)

   1. The notice taken by a grand jury of any offence from their own knowledge or observation, without any bill of indictment laid before them, as, the presentment of a nuisance, a libel, or the like; also, an inquisition of office and indictment by a grand jury; an official accusation presented to a tribunal by the grand jury in an indictment, or the act of offering an indictment; also, the indictment itself.

   2. The official notice (formerly required to be given in court) of the surrender of a copyhold estate.
      --Blackstone.

      Presentment of a bill of exchange, the offering of a bill to the drawee for acceptance, or to the acceptor for payment. See Bill of exchange, under Bill.
      --Mozley & W.