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- ↑ "Presentment". Merriam-Webster Dictionary. Merriam-Webster. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
- ↑ Katherine Fischer Drew (2004), Magna Carta, Greenwood Publishing Group, pp. 42–43, ISBN 978-0313325908
- ↑ The Canons of the Church of England. 6th Edition (2000). London: Church House Publishing. 2000. p. 165. ISBN 0-7151-3842-1.
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