a contract in words that are not put into writing; also called [oral contract]
Do oral agreements carry any legal weight?
An oral agreement to this effect was reached late in September.
A well-known member of Parliament informed the House that an "oral agreement is not worth the paper it is written on."
But of course many legal questions could spring out of this oral agreement.
The settlement of their dispute depends on how definite and absolute the oral agreement was.
