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GRAVAMEN
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V12,
Page 382
of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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GRAVAMEN . (from See also: Lat. gravare, to weigh down; gravis, heavy), a complaint or grievance, the ground of a legal See also: action, and particularly the more serious See also: part of a See also: charge against an accused See also: person
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In See also: English the See also: term is used chiefly in ecclesiastical cases, being the technical designation of a memorial presented from the See also: Lower to the Upper See also: House of Convocation, setting forth grievances to be redressed, or calling See also: attention to breaches in See also: church discipline
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