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. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
paravail — /par euh vayl , par euh vayl /, adj. Old Eng. 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. [1525 35; < OF par aval down (of direction, position) … Universalium
paravail — /paeraveyl/peeraveyl/ Inferior; subordinate. In old English law, tenant paravail signified the lowest tenant of land, being the tenant of a mesne lord. He was so called because he was supposed to make avail or profit of the land for another … Black's law dictionary
paravail — See tenant paravail … Ballentine's law dictionary
paravail — par·a·vail … English syllables
paravail — |parə|vā(ə)l adjective Etymology: Anglo French paravale, from Old French par aval below, from par by + aval down, from a to + val valley more at paramount, vale feudal law : being below or at the bottom used especially of … Useful english dictionary
tenant paravail — The tenant of a tenant. Under the feudal system, if the king granted a manor to A, and A granted a portion of the land to B, then B was said to hold of A, and A, of the king. In other words, B held his lands immediately of A, but mediately of the … Ballentine's law dictionary
writ of mesne — A writ which lay for a tenant paravail against a mesne lord for permitting a distress to be levied by the lord paramount by reason of the default of the mesne lord, the damage of the plaintiff, the tenant paravail … Ballentine's law dictionary
Subinfeudation — Subinfeudation, in English law, is the practice by which tenants, holding land under the king or other superior lord, carved out in their turn by sub letting or alienating a part of their lands new and distinct tenures.The tenants were termed… … Wikipedia
Quia Emptores — (medieval Latin for because the buyers , the incipit of the document) was a statute passed by Edward I of England in 1290 that prevented tenants from alienating their lands to others by subinfeudation. Quia Emptores, along with its companion… … Wikipedia
Lord Paramount — Paramount (derived from the Anglo French word paramont , which means up above , or par a mont , meaning up or on top of the mountain ), is the highest authority, or that being of the greatest importance. The word was first used as a term of… … Wikipedia
