parol evidence
Defined in 3 dictionaries — Case Law, Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910)
Definitions from Case Law
From 72 U.S. 689 - Nash v. Towne · 1866Most cited · 216 citing opinions
Parol evidence can never be admitted for the purpose of exonerating an agent who has entered into a written contract in which he appears as principal, even though he should propose to show, if allowed, that he disclosed his agency and mentioned the name of his principal at the time the contract was executed
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
Evidence verbally As to the admission of such evidence to vary a written contract, see Evidence.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Oral or verbal evidence; that which is given by word of mouth; the ordinary kind of evidence, given by witnesses in court. 3 Bl. Comm. 369.
In a particular sense, and with reference to contracts, deeds, wills, and other writings, parol evidence is the same as extraneous evidence or evidence aliunde. (See supra.)
— Partial evidence. that which goes to establish a detached fact, in a series tending to the fact in dispute. It may be received, subject to be rej'ected as incompetent, unless connected with the fact in dispute by proof of other facts; for example, on an issue of title to real property, evidence of the continued possession of a remote occupant is partial, for it is of a detached fact, which may or may not be afterwards connected with the fact in dispute. Code Civ. Proc. Cal. § 1834.
Defined under Evidence in Black's Law Dictionary.