Gravamen (from Lat.gravare, to weigh down; gravis, heavy), a complaint or grievance, the ground of a legal action, and particularly the more serious part of a charge against an accused person.
In English the term is used chiefly in ecclesiastical cases, being the technical designation of a memorial presented from the Lower to the Upper House of Convocation, setting forth grievances to be redressed, or calling attention to breaches in church discipline.
This article incorporates text from the public domain 1911 Encyclopędia Britannica.
The dispositive issue is whether “all the allegations forming the gravamen of Plaintiff's complaint fall” within the scope of a disability discrimination claim.
Accordingly, as the “gravamen” of Plaintiff's complaint is based on her disabling condition, and not on her refusal to violate public policy, Plaintiff's complaint only sets forth an injury based on a discrimination claim.
Thus, as we conclude the allegations forming the gravamen of Plaintiff's complaint are within the scope of a discrimination claim and Plaintiff has expressly abandoned her disability discrimination claim, this appeal is dismissed.
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