A grievance () is a
wrong
A wrong or wrength (from Old English – 'crooked') is an act that is illegal or immoral. Legal wrongs are usually quite clearly defined in the law of a state or jurisdiction. They can be divided into civil wrongs and crimes (or ''criminal of ...
or
hardship suffered, real or supposed, which forms legitimate grounds of
complaint
In legal terminology, a complaint is any formal legal document that sets out the facts and legal reasons (see: cause of action) that the filing party or parties (the plaintiff(s)) believes are sufficient to support a claim against the party ...
. In the past, the word meant the infliction or cause of hardship.
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Complaint system
In legal terminology, a complaint is any formal legal document that sets out the facts and legal reasons (see: cause of action) that the Filing (legal), filing party or parties (the plaintiff(s)) believes are sufficient to support a claim aga ...
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Harm
Harm is a morality, moral and law, legal concept with multiple definitions. It generally functions as a synonym for evil or anything that is bad under certain moral systems. Something that causes harm is harmful, and something that does not is har ...
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Zemiology
Zemiology is the study of social harms. Zemiology gets its name from the Greek word ζημία ''zēmía'', meaning "harm".Hillyard, P. (with C. Pantazis, S. Tombs and D. Gordon) (2004) ''Beyond Criminology: Taking Harm Seriously'', London: Pluto ...
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Judicial remedies
Lawsuits
Civil rights and liberties
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