Parol

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Parol \Pa*rol"\, n. [See {Parole}, the same word.]
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     1. A word; an oral utterance. [Obs.]
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     2. (Law) Oral declaration; word of mouth; also, a writing not


        under seal. --Blackstone.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Parol \Pa*rol"\, a.
     Given or done by word of mouth; oral; also, given by a
     writing not under seal; as, parol evidence.
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     {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.
        --Chitty. Story.
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From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  35 Moby Thesaurus words for "parol":
     articulated, enunciated, lingual, linguistic, linguistic act,
     locution, nuncupative, oral, parole, phonation, pronounced, said,
     sequence of phonemes, sounded, speaking, speech, speech act,
     spoken, string, the spoken word, tongue, unwritten, utterance,
     utterance string, uttered, verbal, viva voce, vocable, vocal,
     vocalized, voice, voiced, voiceful, word, word of mouth
  
  

From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:

  PAROL. More properly parole. A French word, which means literally, word or 
  speech. It is used to distinguish contracts which are made verbally or in 
  writing not under seal, which are called, parol. contracts, from those which 
  are under seal which bear the name of deeds or specialties (q.v.) 1 Chit. 
  Contr. 1; 7 Term. R. 3 0 351, n.; 3 Johns. Cas. 60; 1 Chit. Pl. 88. It is 
  proper to remark that when a contract is made under seal, and afterwards it 
  is  modified verbally, it becomes wholly a parol contract. 2 Watts, 451; 9 
  Pick. 298; 13 Wend. 71. 
       2. Pleadings are frequently denominated the parol. In some instances 
  the term parol is used to denote the entire pleadings in a cause as when in 
  an action brought against an infant heir, on an obligation of his ancestors, 
  he prays that the parol may demur, i. e., the pleadings may be stayed, till 
  he shall attain full age. 3 Bl. Com. 300; 4 East, 485 1 Hoffm. R. 178. See a 
  form of a plea in abatement, praying that the parol may demur, in 1 Wentw. 
  Pl. 43; and 2 Chit. Pl. 520. But a devisee cannot pray the parol to demur. 4 
  East, 485. 
       3. Parol evidence is evidence verbally delivered by a witness. As to 
  the cases when such evidence will be received or rejected, vide Stark, Ev. 
  pt. 4, p. 995 to 1055; 1 Phil. Ev. 466, c. 10, s. 1; Sugd. Vend. 97.