Chief Lord
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary · Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
[L. Lat. capitalis dominus.] In English law. The immediate lord of the fee, to whom the obligation of the tenant is direct and personal.
Stat. Quia Emptores, (18 Edw. I.) c. 1. 2 Inst. 501.
Litt. sect.
479, 538. Burton's Real Prop. 317.
The Fr. chiefe seigniour is used to signify the lord paramount, as distinguished from the mesne lord. Chiefe seigniour, mean et tenaunt.
Reg. Orig. 15 b, regula.