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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
gravamen /grəˈveɪmɛn/

▶noun (pl. gravamina /-mɪnə/) chiefly Law the essence or most serious part of a complaint or accusation.

– origin C17: from late L., lit. ‘physical inconvenience’.

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