Paragraph

A part or section of a statute, pleading, affidavit, etc., which contains one article; the sense of which is complete. Wharton. mount especifie, above specified. Plowd. 209a. That which is superior; usually applied to the highest lord of the fee of lands, tenements, or hereditaments. Fitzh. Nat. Brev. ISB. 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. 2 Bl. Comm. 91; 1 Thomas, Co. Litt. 484, note 79, 485, note 81. The estate which is entitled to the benefit of an easement is known as the "paramount estate."

A distinct part of a discourse or writing relating to a particular point. An entire or integral statement of a cause of action equivalent to a count at common law. Bailey v. Mosher, 63 Fed. 488, 11 C. C. A. 304. The term paragraph in an act of congress will be construed to mean section whenever to do so accords with the legislative intent; Alfrey v. Colbert, 108 Fed. 231, 03 C. C. A. 517.