oral contract
noun[C]
LAWukusaspokenagreementthat is not written down:
Ajuryruledthat thecompanywasliableforfraudandbreachoforalcontract.
Examplesoforal contract
oral contract
Oralcontractare as enforceable as written contracts.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.However, based upon an allegedoralcontract, it incredibly seeks to obtain commissions in perpetuity.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.You must not first look at theoralcontractand then see whether the alleged acts of part performance are consistent with it.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.It is often used by journalists when they mean to sayoralcontract.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.If the contract is not required by law to be written, anoralcontractis valid and therefore legally binding.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Similarly, the limitation period prescribed for an action may be shorter for anoralcontractthan it is for a written one.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The testimony of a witness to anoralcontractwas sometimes recorded as an act in the annual registers.
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This is happening all the time inoralcontractcases.
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We may be dealing with anoralcontractof an implied character.
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We have dealt with the question of anoralcontract.
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