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Gravamen (from
Latin gravare, to
weigh down; gravis, heavy), (plural gra·va·mens or gra·vam·i·na) is a
complaint or grievance, the
ground of a
legal action...
- years. It can be
charged either under state law or
local ordinance. The
gravamen of this
offense involves failure to pay an
incurred bill at a bar, cafe...
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legal authority,
because its
original legal purpose has been fulfilled.
gravamen things weighing down The
basic element or
complaint of a lawsuit. /ɡrəˈveɪmɛn/...
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codified in the
Individuals with
Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) when the
gravamen of the plaintiff's
lawsuit is not
related to the
denial of free appropriate...
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gradually expanded the controversy. The
classis in
Dordrecht drew up a
gravamen in
which "some differences" that "were said to have
arisen in the Church...
- aggravation, aggravative, aggravator, aggrieve, aggrievement, degravation,
gravamen, grave, gravid, gravida, gravidity, gravitas, gravitate, gravitation, gravitational...
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number of
offences against the
person with
which he may be charged, but the
gravamen of the husband's
conduct is the
injury he has
caused not the ****ual intercourse...
- " Indeed, but what do you mean? The
Editors had
unwittingly proved the
gravamen of
their own critique: that it is
easier to
criticize than to propose....
- also used to
refer to
those facts or
things done
which form the
basis or
gravamen for a
legal action. Res
gestae is also used in the
context of the doctrine...
- July 1472);
Paranymphus salutat virginem;
Profitentes unitatem;
Propter gravamen; Quis
numerare queat / Da
pacem (probably
composed either on the occasion...
