PARAVAIL Definition & Meaning

paravail

[ par-uh-veyl, par-uh-veyl ]

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adjective

Old English Law.

being below or inferior to all others; specifically, being a tenant of one who holds land of another who is also a tenant:
a tenant paravail.

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Origin of paravail¹

1525–35; < Old French par aval down (of direction, position), equivalent to par through, by ( per- ) + aval, a val down < Latin ad vallem literally, to the valley

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Paravail, par′a-vāl, adj. inferior: lowest, said of a feudal tenant: of least account—opp. to Paramount.

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