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Webster 1913 Edition


Paravail

Parˊa-vail′

,
Adj.
[OF.
par aval
below;
par
through (L.
per
) +
aval
down;
a-
(L.
ad
) +
val
(L.
vallis
) a valley. Cf.
Paramount
.]
(Eng. Law)
At the bottom; lowest.
Cowell.
☞ In feudal law, the tenant paravail is the lowest tenant of the fee, or he who is immediate tenant to one who holds over of another.
Wharton.

Webster 1828 Edition


Paravail

PARAVA'IL

,
Adj.
In feudal law, the tenant paravail, is the lowest tenant holding under a mean or mediate lord, as distinguished from a tenant in capite, who holds immediately of the king.

Definition 2024


paravail

paravail

English

Adjective

paravail

  1. At the bottom; lowest