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Definition of Gravamina

Gravamina
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.

Meaning of Gravamina from wikipedia

- 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...
- The Centum gravamina teutonicae nationis[pronunciation?], or Gravamina for short, was a list of "one hundred grievances [see gravamen] of the German nation"...
- queen had other plans, however; not only did she dismiss the renewed gravamina of the Jews, but rather imposed stiffer regulations upon them. Their tax...
- political burdens, the subject may oppose complaints and objections (gravamina) to this injustice, but not active resistance." He reaffirms this repeatedly...
- encyclopedia}}: Missing or empty |title= (help) le Bret, Johann F, ed. (1783). "Gravamina trium Archiepiscoporum-Electorum, Moguntinensis, Trevirensis et Coloniensis...
- influence of Brandenburg and Hanover, the Corpus drew up a list of 432 gravamina (grievances), published at Regensburg in 1719. Two more lists followed...
- queen had other plans, however; not only did she dismiss the renewed gravamina of the Jews, but rather imposed stiffer regulations upon them. Their tax...
- of Vienne on 16 October 1311 and the treaty of 10 April 1312, called Gravamina or Grauamina, the other by the prosecutor of the bailiff of Mâcon, between...
- in the earlier antipapal complaints of the Germans, the famous Centum gravamina teutonicae nationis; Pastor adds that the failure of Chieregati was in...
- imminentis oppressionis incursu, eo gravius stupida, quo dudum majora ipsius gravamina non est experta: Thronum tuae gratiae supplici ter adeunt: Ad auxilium...