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Present

To submit for consideration or action. Immediate, not in the future.

Present ability refers to a person's immediate capacity to do an act. A present conveyance is made with the intention that it take effect at once.

In COMMERCIAL PAPER law, to present a check means to submit it to the drawee for acceptance or payment.

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