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
Both kinds of sales may be by deed or sealed contract as well as by parol or orally.
From Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman by Albert Sidney Bolles
But we shall here consider chiefly that common class of contracts called simple contracts, or contracts by parol.
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
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
The submission may be effected sometimes by parol, sometimes by written instrument, sometimes by deed or deed poll.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 4 "Aram, Eugene" to "Arcueil" by Various
