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Paramount
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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.
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Clearly, there is little or no sign of lessening the emphasis we give to the potentialities of human nature that far outweigh an awareness of human limits or the paramountcy of moral obligations.
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