paravail

POS

Adjective

HYPHEN

par=a=vail

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CIDE DICTIONARY

paravail, a. [OF. par aval below; par through (L. per) + aval down; a- (L. ad) + val (L. vallis) a valley. Cf. Paramount.].

At the bottom; lowest. Cowell. [1913 Webster]

" 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. [1913 Webster]