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Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

Black's Law Dictionary

Parol; by word of mouth; oral; as, verbal agreement, verbal evidence; or written, but not signed or not executed with the formalities required for a deed or prescribed by statute in particular cases. Musgrove v. Jackson, 59 Miss. 390.

Verbal note. A memorandum or note, in diplomacy, not signed, sent when an affnir has continued a long time without any reply, in order to avoid the appearance of an urgency which perhaps is not required; and, on the other hand, to guard against the supposition that it is forgotten or that there la an intention of not prosecuting it any further. Wharton.

Verbal process. In Louisiana. Proc4t verbal, (q. v.)