parol gift

parol gift
A gift of personal property made without incorporation of terms in a written instrument, evidenced by the manual delivery of the property. 24 Am J1st Gifts § 24. A gift of land without deed or other conveyance. Burris v Landers, 114 Cal 310, 46 P 162. A gift of land rendered ineffective by the statute of frauds, except as the delivery of possession to, and the making of valuable and permanent improvements by, the donee render the gift enforceable notwithstanding its parol character. 24 Am J1st Gifts § 68.

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