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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.