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Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun Oral as opposed to written communication.
  • adjective Expressed or evidenced by an oral statement as opposed to a written document.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • See parole.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Given or done by word of mouth; oral; also, given by a writing not under seal.
  • adjective (Law) an arrest in pursuance of a verbal order from a magistrate.
  • adjective (Law) any contract not of record or under seal, whether oral or written; a simple contract.
  • noun obsolete A word; an oral utterance.
  • noun (Law) Oral declaration; word of mouth; also, a writing not under seal.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective Word-of-mouth.
  • adjective law Verbal, oral, informal
  • noun An ornamental star-like Christmas lantern from the Philippines.

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Middle English parole, from Anglo-Norman, from Vulgar Latin *paraula; see parole.]

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

from Middle French parole, from Latin parabola, from Ancient Greek παραβολή (parabolē)

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Examples

  • The police gave chase in parol cars for hours but were no match for the agile fugitive, which darted down narrow alleyways and made tight turns.

    Archive 2007-05-20 Bill Crider 2007

  • Claims for fraudulent inducement typically face a significant legal hurdle known as the parol evidence rule, which prohibits parties from introducing evidence of oral statements to vary the terms of a written contract.

    Patti Millett: No Doubt Sues Activision, Avatar Sings to a Different Song 2009

  • Some cafes like Pushka, Fidele, KoKava and 22 on Petrosgova provide free wi-fi, you just have to ask for the password parol in russian.

    Internet in Kharkov « My Life in Kharkov 2008

  • Some cafes like Pushka, Fidele, KoKava and 22 on Petrosgova provide free wi-fi, you just have to ask for the password parol in russian.

    2008 January « My Life in Kharkov 2008

  • For example, a rule, which came to be called the parol-evidence rule, shut off any evidence that might contradict the terms of a written document at any rate, a final document, as opposed to a draft or a preliminary version.

    A History of American Law Lawrence M. Friedman 1985

  • Claims for fraudulent inducement typically face a significant legal hurdle known as the parol evidence rule, which prohibits parties from introducing evidence of oral statements to vary the terms of a written contract.

    The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Patti Millett 2009

  • But you also have something called the parol evidence rule which works in some circumstances, but not likely here.

    Latest Articles 2008

  • 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

    The Story of a Mine Bret Harte 1869

  • Greenpeace lights up first-solar powered 'parol' at Senate

    WN.com - Articles related to Shell rules out more capital investment in India 2009

  • As to who is actually in California prisons, the majority (slightly more than half) of the population are incarcerated for committing violent crimes against the person; the remainder of “non-violent” crimes mostly consists of crimes that most of us probably consider prison-appropriate — burglary, arson, previously convicted felons who are in possession of a weapon despite a parol condition.

    Matthew Yglesias » Too Much Prison 2009

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