parol

• POS: Adjective, Noun
• HYPHEN: pa=rol

CIDE DICTIONARY

parol, n. [See Parole, the same word.].

•  A word; an oral utterance.  [1913 Webster]
•  Oral declaration; word of mouth; also, a writing not under seal.  Blackstone.  [1913 Webster]

parol, a. 

 Given or done by word of mouth; oral; also, given by a writing not under seal; as, parol evidence.  [1913 Webster]

Parol arrest (Law), an arrest in pursuance of a verbal order from a magistrate. -- Parol contract (Law), any contract not of record or under seal, whether oral or written; a simple contract. Chitty. Story.

OXFORD DICTIONARY

parol, adj. & n. Law
--adj.
1 given orally.
2 (of a document) not given under seal.
--n. an oral declaration.

Etymology

OF parole (as PAROLE)

THESAURUS

parol

articulated, enunciated, lingual, linguistic, linguistic act, locution, nuncupative, oral, parole, phonation, pronounced, said, sequence of phonemes, sounded, speaking, speech, speech act, spoken, string, the spoken word, tongue, unwritten, utterance, utterance string, uttered, verbal, viva voce, vocable, vocal, vocalized, voice, voiced, voiceful, word, word of mouth