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Date: Thu Jun 18 00:05:31 EDT 1998
Subject: A.Word.A.Day--gravamen
gravamen (gra-VAY-muhn) noun [plural gravamens or gravamina (-VAM-uh-nuh)]
Law. The part of a charge or an accusation that weighs most substantially
against the accused.
[Medieval Latin gravamen, injury, accusation, from Late Latin, encumbrance
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