Par`a*vail" (?), a. [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.