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
The rule was laid down, "by parol the party is not obliged."
From The Common Law by Oliver Wendell Holmes
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
"I have given him my parol, that he shall have safe conduct!"
From Mohun, or, the Last Days of Lee by John Esten Cooke
Here he read from the Ohio Reports, to show that a parol claim, without any written color of title, was sufficient to make the claim.
From Bart Ridgeley A Story of Northern Ohio by A. G. Riddle
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