PARAMOUNT. That which is superior.
2. 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 Bl. Com. 91; 1 Tho. Co. Litt. 484, n. 79; Id.
485, n. 81.