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Lord paramount
Feudal overlord: a lord with no obligations to a higher lord / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A lord paramount is a term of art in feudal law describing an overlord who holds his own fief from no superior lord. It thus describes a person who holds allodial title, owing no socage or feudal obligations such as military service. This was distinguished from a mesne lord who held his own fief from a superior.