Păr′/ă-vāl′, a.

a. [Norm. & O. Fr. paraval, below, from par, through (Lat. per), and aval, down, downward, from a (Lat. ad) and val (Lat. 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.