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paravail

French par, by, avaler, to descend, be under; or par avails, by the avails - referring to the person who got the profits of the land. Downward; inferior, subordinate: as, a title paravail, a tenant paravail. Opposed, Paramount.

Source : William C. Anderson, A Dictionary of Law (1893)

Language : English

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