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PAROLE (shortened from the Fr. parole...

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Originally appearing in Volume V20, Page 860 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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PAROLE (shortened from the Fr. parole d'honneur, word of honour)  , a military
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term signifying the engagement given by a prisoner of war that if released he will not again take up arms against his captors during the term of the engagement or the war, unless previously relieved of the
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obligation by
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exchange . " Parole " is also used in the same sense as " word " to imply a watchword or password . The French word, formed from the
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Late
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Lat. paraula,
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parabola, Gr. lrapaf3oXit, story, parable, was also adopted into
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English as " parol," i.e. verbal, oral, by word of mouth, now only used in the legal term " parol evidence," i.e. oral as opposed to documentary evidence .

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