title paramount

English

Noun

title paramount (plural titles paramount)

1. Alternative form of paramount title
   • 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:

     [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; […]