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gravamen

[gruh-vay-muhn] / grəˈveɪ mən /


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If they cannot, they will be expected to submit a gravamen to the Professional Status Committee and the Board of Trustees before they are hired.

From Washington Post ● Nov. 3, 2022

"The gravamen of the claimed wrongdoing is that the Laundries exercised their constitutional rights and essentially made no statements to Plaintiffs or law enforcement," the motion states.

From Fox News ● Mar. 30, 2022

What mattered, Chief Justice Roberts wrote, was the core, or gravamen, of the lawsuit.

From New York Times ● Dec. 1, 2015

But the gravamen of the economic charge against her is the neglect of manufacturing industry.

From The Guardian ● Apr. 20, 2013

Mr. Stone's frail form, bent somewhat to one side by the increased gravamen of the osier bag, was now seen moving homewards.

From Fraternity by John Galsworthy

At this council gravamina were adopted which show that constant encroachments were made on the sphere of ecclesiastical jurisdiction.

From The English Church in the Middle Ages by William Hunt




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