Category:Paravail

Par`a*vail", a. Etym: [of. par aval below; par through (l. per) + Aval down; a- (l. ad) + val (l. vallis) a valley. Cf. Paramount.] (eng. Law)

Defn: at the bottom; lowest. Cowell.

Note: 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.