Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Inferior; lowest: in feudal law, applied to the lowest tenant holding under a mean or mediate lord, as distinguished from a tenant in capite, who holds immediately of the sovereign.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Eng. Law) At the bottom; lowest.
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- adjective At the bottom;
lowest
Etymologies
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Old French par aval below; par through (Latin per) + aval down; a- (Latin ad) + val (Latin vallis) a valley. Compare paramount.
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Inferior; lowest; of least account. (from Phrontistery)
May 24, 2008