profert

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noun

The production or display of recorded evidence in court.

OriginLatin profert →
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Meanings

nounprofert (plural proferts)

plural proferts

  1. lawThe production or display of recorded evidence in court.

    Baron Parke, after laying down that in general a party is not required to make profert of an instrument to the possession of which he is not entitled,[…]

    1881, Oliver Wendell Holmes, The Common Law

Origin

  1. Latinprofert“he makes known”
  2. Englishprofert

Borrowed from Latin profert (“he makes known”), third-person singular present indicative of profero (“to make public, to make known, to cite”).

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APA

profert. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/profert

MLA

“profert.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/profert. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “profert,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/profert.

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