1. Oral; unwritten (parol evidence). [Cases: Evidence 397. C.J.S. Evidence §§ 1159, 1165, 1189.]
2. Not under seal (parol contract). [Cases: Contracts 36, 239. C.J.S. Contracts §§ 76, 415.]
parol (p[schwa]-rohlorpar-[schwa]l), n.
1. An oral statement or declaration.
2. Hist. The oral pleadings in a case.
“Anciently pleadings were conducted in court orally, and the whole pleadings were called the parol; but for centuries the pleadings in civil actions have been required to be in writing.” Edwin E. Bryant, The Law of Pleading Under the Codes of Civil Procedure 178–79 (2d ed. 1899).
