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parol, n. and a.|ˈpærəl|
Forms: 5–8 parole, 6 parrall, 6–7 paroll, 7 parroll, 6– parol.
[Orig. parole, a. AF. and F. parole:—late pop. L. paraula:—paravola:—parabola word, speech, orig. story, parable.]
A. n.
1. Something said or spoken; an oral statement or declaration; an utterance; a word. Chiefly in Law; now only in the legal phrase by parol, by word of mouth.
[1377Langl. P. Pl. B. xv. 113 Ȝe aren enblaunched with bele paroles and with clothes also.] 1474Caxton Chesse 12 The symple parole or worde of a prynce. 1567T. Paynell tr. Amadis de Gaula To Rdr., The dulcet and sweete parolls of his paramour. 1594West 2nd Pt. Symbol. §43 If the submission were by paroll. 1652Benlowes Theoph. xiii. cix. 250 But Saints with an attentive hope from high On Heav'ns Paroll do live and die. 1714Scroggs Courts-leet (ed. 3) 160 A Lease for three Years by Parol is a Forfeiture. 1844Williams Real Prop. (1877) 389 A tenancy at will may be created by parol, or by deed.
2. Law. The pleadings filed in an action (formerly presented by word of mouth).
[1598Kitchin Le Court Leete et Court Baron 193 b, Parol fuit mise sauns iour in precipe vers prior.] a1625Sir H. Finch Law (1636) 360 If the tenaunt plead a warrantie with assets against him, the parroll shall demurre. 1741T. Robinson Gavelkind vi. 108 And the youngest Son..shall have his Age, or the Parol shall demur. 1768Blackstone Comm. III. 300. 1772 Jacob's Law Dict., Parol, or Pleadings, are the mutual altercations between the plaintiff and the defendant; which at present are set down and delivered into the proper office in writing, tho' formerly they were usually put in by their counsel ore tenus, or viva voce.
B. adj. [attrib. use of the n.]
1. Expressed or given orally; verbal, oral. Now only in Law, in such phrases as parol evidence, as distinguished from documentary evidence.
1601Holland Pliny (1634) II. 31 Topping the heads of the highest Poppies there growing, without any answere parole, [he] dispatched them away. 1627–77Feltham Resolves ii. lxxxii. 334 He gave him a Law Parole; and inscribed it in his heart. 1706Phillips s.v. Will, Will Parole or Nuncupative Will, a Will only by Word of Mouth. 1768Blackstone Comm. III. xxiii. 367 Proofs, (to which..the name of evidence is usually confined,) are either written, or parol, that is, by word of mouth. 1876Digby Real Prop. x. §1. 379 The other terms of the tenancy may be proved by parol or verbal evidence without writing.
2. Law. Made (as a contract or lease) by word of mouth or in a writing not sealed.
1590Acts Privy Council (1899) XIX. 178 A lease parol for three yeares of certaine growndes. 1600Manchester Court Leet Rec. (1885) II. 158 Adam Smythe houldeth a Dunghill..of James Radclyffe by lease parrall. 1717N. Riding Rec. VIII. 35 Let to Ralph Wilson by paroll-lease..for seven years. 1834Penny Cycl. II. 195/1 Binding by deed poll, or by an agreement to execute an indenture, or a parol binding, have been held not to constitute an apprenticeship. |