Grava
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
In old deeds, a little wood. In old English law, a grove; a small wood; a coppice or thicket. A thick wood of high trees.
Co. Litt. 4b.
Cowell; Blount; Spelman. GRAVAMEN (Lat.) The grievance complained of; the substantial cause of the action.
See Greenl.
Ev. § 66. GRAY AT 10 (Lat.) An accusation.
GRAVIS (Lat.) Grievous; great. Ad grave damnum, to the grievous damage.
11 Coke, 40.
G RAVI US (Law Lat.) In old European law. A grave; a chief magistrate or ofiicer. A term derived from the more ancient "grwik," and used in combination with various other words, as an official title in Germany; as Margravius, Rheingravius, Landgravius, etc. Spelman, voc. "Grafio." GRAVIUS EST DIVINAM QUAM TEMporalem laedere majestatem. It is more serious to hurt divine than temporal majesty.
11 Coke, 29.