Obs. [f. LEASE sb.3 + PAROLE.] See quot. 1672.)
a. 1592. Lodge & Greene, Looking Glasse (1598), F 2. Clowne. At night I wil bring home my mistresse. Smith. Euen when you please, good Adam. Clowne. When I please, marke thy words,—’tis a lease parol, to haue and to hold.
a. 1613. Overbury, A Wife (1638), 131. He is tenant by custom to the Planets, of whom hee holds the 12 Houses by lease paroll: paying the yearly rent of his study and time.
1672. Cowel’s Interpr., s.v. Parol, Lease-parol, that is Lease per Parol; a Lease by word of mouth, to distinguish it from a Lease in writing.
