title paramount

A form of paramount title — A claim to the title of a property, which is superior and stronger in comparison to all other claims.

Meanings

nountitle paramount (plural titles paramount)

plural titles paramount

  1. alternativeAlternative form of paramount title.

    [T]he parties, in making the partition, were perfectly competent, and had full power to provide by the terms of their agreement against future losses by titles paramount or prior incumbrances; […]

    1836 June, Frederick Watts, “Weiser against Weiser”, in Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, volume V (May to October 1836), Philadelphia, Pa.: James Kay, Jun. & Brother, […]; Pittsburgh, Pa.: John I[bbotsen] Kay & Co., published 1837, page 282
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