parol
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In the past, war survivors have used things like electricity and water bills—called parol evidence—to corroborate their property claims.
From Slate ● Oct. 4, 2022
What effect has parol evidence upon written contracts?
From The Government Class Book Designed for the Instruction of Youth in the Principles of Constitutional Government and the Rights and Duties of Citizens. by Andrew W. Young
"I have given him my parol, that he shall have safe conduct!"
From Mohun, or, the Last Days of Lee by John Esten Cooke
So parol evidence would be admissible, no doubt, to enlarge or diminish the extent of the liability assumed for nonperformance, where it would be inadmissible to affect the scope of the promise.
From The Common Law by Oliver Wendell Holmes
Commodore Bainbridge dismissed the private passengers found on board the Java, without regarding them as prisoners of war, while all the others were released on their parol.
From The Second War with England, Vol. 1 of 2 by Joel Tyler Headley
