GRAVAMEN

n.

2 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

The grievance complained of; the substantial cause of the action; also, in general, the ground or essence of a complaint. Bouvier.

2.
n.

A final syllable signifying a ruler, as in landgrave, margrave. See Margrave.


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