Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
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Parol
, adj. 1. Oral; unwritten < parol evidence>. 2. Not under seal < parol contract>.
Parol arrest
an arrest ordered by a judge or magistrate from the bench, without written complaint, and executed immediately, such as an arrest of a person who breaches the peace in open court. See contempt.
board of parole.
See PAROLE BOARD.
juvenile parole
The conditional release of a juvenile offender from confinement. - Also termed aftercare.
parol
, 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).
parol agreement
See parol contract (1) under CONTRACT.
parol arrest
See ARREST.
parol contract
1. A contract or modification of a contract that is not in writing or is only partially in writing. - Also termed oral contract; parol agreement; (loosely) verbal contract. 2. At common law, a contract not under seal, although it could be in writing. - Also termed informal contract; simple contract. See PAROL-EVIDENCE RULE.
parol demurrer
Hist. A suspension of proceedings during the minority of an infant.
parol evidence
1. Evidence given orally. 2. See extrinsic evidence (1). See PAROL-EVIDENCE RULE.
parol lease
A lease based on an oral agreement; an unwritten lease.
parol trust
See oral trust under TRUST.
parol-evidence rule
Contracts. The principle that a writing intended by the parties to be a final embodiment of their agreement cannot be modified by evidence that adds to, varies, or contradicts the writing. ( This rule usu. operates to prevent a party from introducing extrinsic evidence of negotiations that occurred be-fore or while the agreement was being reduced to its final written form. See INTEGRATION (2); MERGER (2). Cf. FOUR-CORNERS RULE.
parole
, n. The release of a prisoner from imprisonment before the full sentence has been served. 0 Although not available under some sentences, parole is usu. granted for good behavior on the condition that the parolee regularly report to a supervising officer for a specified period. - parole, ub. Cf. PARDON; PROBATION (1). "The essence of parole is release from prison, before completion of the sentence, on condition that the prisoner abide by certain rules during the balance of the sentence. Parole is not freedom." 59 Am. Jur. 2d Pardon and Parole ยง 6 (1987).
parole board
A governmental body that decides whether prisoners may be released from prison before completing their sentences. -Also termed board of parole; parole commission.
parole revocation
The administrative act of returning a parolee to prison because of the parolee's failure to abide by the conditions of parole (as by committing a new offense). parol evidence See EVIDENCE.
parolee
A prisoner who is released on parole.
parols de ley
. [Law French] Words of law; technical words.