clause paramount

clause paramount. Maritime law. A provision in a charterparty that specifies what jurisdiction’s law will govern the agreement, typically incorporating the Carriage of Goods by Sea Act into the charter. See CHARTERPARTY; CARRIAGE OF GOODS BY SEA ACT . [Cases: Shipping 39(1). C.J.S. Shipping §§ 85, 88, 9.]

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