Verbal
Defined in 6 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Anderson (1889), Abbott (1879)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
Parol; by word of mouth; as, verbal agreement; verbal evidence. Sometimes incorrectly used for "oral."
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
Parol; by word of mouth: as verbal agreement; verbal evidence. Sometimes incorrectly used for oral.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
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.)
A Dictionary of Law
William C. Anderson · 1889
Dictionary of Terms and Phrases Used in American or English Jurisprudence
Benjamin Vaughan Abbott · 1879
Embodied in language; expressed; worded. See Parol.