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Presently

Defined in 4 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910), Abbott (1879)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

Immediately; in the present tense.

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

At once; now.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

Immediately; now; at once. A right which may be exercised "presently" is opposed to one in reversion or remainder.

Dictionary of Terms and Phrases Used in American or English Jurisprudence

Benjamin Vaughan Abbott · 1879

Immediately; now; at once. A word applicable to a right which may be exercised at once, as opposed to one in reversion or remainder.