profert

English

Etymology

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

Noun

profert (plural proferts)

1. (law) The production or display of recorded evidence in court.
   • 1881, Oliver Wendell Holmes, The Common Law‎^[1]:

     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, […]

See also

• profer
• proffer

Latin

Verb

prōfert

1. third-person singular present active indicative of prōferō