Presentence report - A report to the sentencing judge containing background information about the crime and the defendant to assist the judge in making his or her sentencing decision. Presentment - Declaration or document issued by a grand jury that either makes a neutral report or notes misdeeds by officials charged with specified public duties. It ordinarily does not include a formal charge of crime. A presentment differs from an indictment. Pretermitted child - A child born after a will is executed, who is not provided for by the will.
Most states have laws that provide for a share of estate property to go to such children.
Pretrial conference - Conference among the opposing attorneys and the judge called at the discretion of the court to narrow the issues to be tried and to make a final effort to settle the case without a trial. A case that is sufficient and has the minimum amount of evidence necessary to allow it to continue in the judicial process. Primary authority - Constitutions, codes, statutes, ordinances, and case law sources. Private law - That law, such as a contract between two persons or a real estate transaction, which applies only to the persons who subject themselves to it. Privilege - A benefit or advantage to certain persons beyond the advantages of other persons, i.e., an exemption, immunity, power, etc.