PARAVAIL
\pˈaɹəvˌe͡ɪl], \pˈaɹəvˌeɪl], \p_ˈa_ɹ_ə_v_ˌeɪ_l]\
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Inferior; subordinate. 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. Cowell; 2 Bl. Comm. 60.
By Henry Campbell Black
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Tenant paravail is the lowest tenant of the fee, or he who is the immediate tenant to one who holds of another. He is called tenant paravail, because it is presumed he has the avails or profits of the land. F. N. B. 135; 2 Inst, 296.
By John Bouvier
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