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 parol, the plaintiff shall not demur, shall not have his suit.

From Bart Ridgeley A Story of Northern Ohio by Riddle, A. G.

The moment it gets into a letter, that moment the parol statement ends.

From The Trial of Charles Random de Berenger, Sir Thomas Cochrane, commonly called Lord Cochrane, the Hon. Andrew Cochrane Johnstone, Richard Gathorne Butt, Ralph Sandom, Alexander M'Rae, John Peter Holloway, and Henry Lyte for A Conspiracy In the Court of King's Bench, Guildhall, on Wednesday the 8th, and Thursday the 9th of June, 1814 by Gurney, William Brodie

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 Bolles, Albert Sidney

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 Riddle, A. G.