Paramount
A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States · John Bouvier · 1839
A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States
That which i is superior. It is usually applied to the highest lord of the fee, of lands, tenements, or hereditaments.
F. N. B. 135.
Where A lets lands to B, and he underlets them to C, in this case A is the paramount, and B is the mesne landlord.
Vide Mesne, and 2 RI. Com. 91.