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Parol   Listen
noun
Parol  n.  
1.
A word; an oral utterance. (Obs.)
2.
(Law) Oral declaration; word of mouth; also, a writing not under seal.



adjective
Parol  adj.  Given or done by word of mouth; oral; also, given by a writing not under seal; as, parol evidence.
Parol arrest (Law), an arrest in pursuance of a verbal order from a magistrate.
Parol contract (Law), any contract not of record or under seal, whether oral or written; a simple contract.






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Parol" Quotes from Famous Books



... on stamped paper by Governor Micheltorena to himself, Garcia, and to Miguel, and to Manuel's father, all of which were duly signed by the sign manual and rubric of Mrs.-Governor-Micheltorena-Carmen-de-Haro. And then there was "parol" evidence, and plenty of it; witnesses who remembered everything about it,—namely, Manuel, Miguel, and the all-recollecting De Haro; here were details, poetical and suggestive; and Dame-Quicklyish, as when his late Excellency, sitting not "by a sea-coal ...
— The Story of a Mine • Bret Harte

... the Commission ever got, in writing, from General MacArthur, a 'recommendation' that any provinces be placed under civil rule while still in insurrection, the text of the writing will show a mere soldierly acquiescence in the will of Mr. McKinley, the commander-in-chief. Parol [463] contemporaneous evidence will show that General MacArthur told them, substantially, that they were 'riding for a fall.' In fact, whenever an insurrection would break out in a province after Governor Taft's inauguration ...
— The Philippines: Past and Present (vol. 1 of 2) • Dean C. Worcester

... account in considering the general doctrine of the formation of contracts; and as to interpretation there is no difference. In what follows, therefore, it will be needless, as a rule, to distinguish between "parol" or "simple" contracts, that is, contracts not made by deed, and obligations ...
— Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 2 - "Constantine Pavlovich" to "Convention" • Various

... First, the continuance of the armistice, terminable on short notice; Second, the disbanding of all the Confederate armies under parol and deposit of their arms subject to the control of the National government; Third, recognition by the Executive of existing State governments; Fourth, re-establishment of Federal Courts; Fifth, guaranty for the future of general rights ...
— Military Reminiscences of the Civil War V2 • Jacob Dolson Cox

... the continuance of the armistice, terminable on short notice; Second, the disbanding of all the Confederate armies under parol and deposit of their arms subject to the control of the National government; Third, recognition by the Executive of existing State governments; Fourth, re-establishment of Federal Courts; Fifth, guaranty for the future of general ...
— Military Reminiscences of the Civil War V2 • Jacob Dolson Cox



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