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Lord paramount

Defined in 2 dictionaries — Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910)

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

The king of England. See 6 N. Y. 467, 57 Am. Dec. 470.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

A term applied to the King of England as the chief feudal proprietor, the theory of the feudal system being that all lands in the realm were held mediately or immediately from him. See De Peyster v. Michael, 6 N. Y. 495, 57 Am. Dec. 470; Opinion of Justices, 66 N. H. 629, 33 Atl. 1076.

Defined under Lord in Black's Law Dictionary.