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gra·va·men    Audio Help   [gruh-vey-muhn] Pronunciation Key
–noun, plural -vam·i·na    Audio Help   [-vam-uh-nuh] Pronunciation Key. Law.
1.the part of an accusation that weighs most heavily against the accused; the substantial part of a charge or complaint.
2.a grievance.

[Origin: 1595–1605; < LL: trouble, physical inconvenience, equiv. to L gravā(re) to load, weigh down (deriv. of gravis heavy, burdened) + -men n. suffix]
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gra·va·men    Audio Help   (grə-vā'mən)  Pronunciation Key 
n.   pl. gra·va·mens or gra·vam·i·na (-vām'ə-nə) Law
The part of a charge or an accusation that weighs most substantially against the accused.


[Medieval Latin gravāmen, injury, accusation, from Late Latin, encumbrance, obligation, from Latin gravāre, to burden, from gravis, heavy; see grave2.]

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gravamen 
"grievance," 1647, from L.L. gravamen "trouble, physical inconvenience," from gravare "to burden, aggravate," from gravis "heavy" (see grave (adj.)).

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Gravamen

Gra*va"men\, n.; pl. L. Gravamina , E. {Gravamens. [L., fr. gravare to load, burden, fr. gravis heavy, weighty. See Grave, a.] (Law) The grievance complained of; the substantial cause of the action; also, in general, the ground or essence of a complaint. Bouvier.
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