Paravail — 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. [1913 Webster] Note: In feudal law, the tenant paravail is the lowest tenant… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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 — |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
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
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
Land tenure in England — Land tenure in EnglandEven before the Norman Conquest, there was a strong tradition of landholding in Anglo Saxon law. When William the Conqueror asserted sovereignty over England in 1066, he confiscated the property of the recalcitrant English… … Wikipedia
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
de medio — /diy miydiyow/ A writ in the nature of a writ of right, which lay where upon a subinfeudation the mesne (or middle) lord suffered his under tenant or tenant paravail to be distrained upon by the lord paramount for the rent due him from the mesne… … Black's law dictionary
