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clear and present danger

clear and present danger : a risk or threat to safety or other public interests that is serious and imminent ;esp : one that justifies limitation of a right (as freedom of speech or press) by the legislative or executive branch of government [a clear and present danger of harm to others or himself] see also freedom of speech, Schenck v. United States in the Important Cases section amendment i to the Constitution in the back matter ...

present

present 1 : to lay before a court as an object of consideration [ a complaint] [ed a defense of insanity] 2 : to make a presentment of (an instrument) pre·sen·ta·tion [prē-zen-tā-shən, pre-, -zən-] n pre·sent·er n [pre-zənt] adj 1 : now existing [a undivided interest in the property] [a ability to pay] 2 : constituting the one actually involved or being considered [the case] 3 : being in attendance : being in one place and not elsewhere [no person shall be convicted without the concurrence of two thirds of the members "U.S. Constitution art. I"] ...

present recollection refreshed

present recollection refreshed : a rule of evidence allowing the use of a writing to jog the memory of a witness and enable the witness to testify about things newly remembered called also present recollection revived compare past recollection recorded ...

presentence investigation

presentence investigation : an investigation made by a probation officer in preparing a presentence report ...

presentence report

presentence report : a report prepared by a probation officer upon conviction of a defendant that assists the sentencing court in imposing an appropriate sentence NOTE: The information contained in a presentence report includes the defendant's prior criminal history (if any) and relevant (as financial) circumstances, the appropriate classification of the defendant and of the offense under the established classification system, the kinds and range of sentences and programs available, and the impact of the offense on the victim. ...

presentment

presentment 1 : the act of presenting to an authority a formal statement of a matter to be dealt with ;specif : the notice or accusation of an offense by a grand jury on the initiative of the jury members or on the basis of their own knowledge without a bill of indictment laid before them 2 : the act of producing or offering at the proper place and time a document (as a negotiable instrument) that calls for acceptance and payment by another : a demand for payment of an instrument upon a party liable for payment on behalf of the holder ...

Present

Present time the time being time in progress now or at the moment contemplated as at this present...

Re present

To present again as to re present the points of an argument...

Any Person present in the court

Any Person present in the court, the words 'any person present in the court' in s. 73 has a reference only to such persons who are parties to a cause pending before the court and in a given case may even include the witnesses in the said cause but where there is no cause pending before the court for its determination, the question of obtaining for the purposes of comparison of the handwriting of a person may not arise at all and therefore, the provisions of s. 73 of the Evidence Act would have no application, Sukhvinder Singh v. State of Punjab, (1994) 5 SCC 152 (163): 1994 SCC (Cri) 1376. (Evidence Act, 1872, s. 73)...

Les Prelats, Seigneurs, et Communes en ce present Parlement assemblees, au nom de touts vos autres sujets, remercient tres humblement votre Majeste, et prient a Dieu vous donner en sante bonne vie et longue

Les Prelats, Seigneurs, et Communes en ce present Parlement assemblees, au nom de touts vos autres sujets, remercient tres humblement votre Majeste, et prient a Dieu vous donner en sante bonne vie et longue.-The prelates, lords, and commons, in this present Parliament assembled, in the name of all your other subjects, most humbly thank your Majesty, and pray to God to grant you in health a good and long life.) The form of words used by the clerk in an act of grace or indemnity, which originates with the Crown, or, so to speak, has the royal assent before it is agreed to by the two Houses....

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