either written or oral

  • 1oral — [ôr′əl] adj. [< L os (gen. oris), the mouth < IE base * ōus , mouth, edge > Sans ā ḥ, mouth, ON ōss, mouth of a stream] 1. uttered by the mouth; spoken 2. of speech; using speech 3. of, involving, or administered through the mouth 4. of… …

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  • 2oral — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. verbal, vocal, spoken, unwritten. See speech. Ant., verbal. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. spoken, vocal, verbal, uttered, voiced, lingual, unwritten, phonetic, phonic, articulated, pronounced,… …

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  • 3oral contract — n. A contract that is made verbally, or partly verbally and partly in writing. The Essential Law Dictionary. Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. Amy Hackney Blackwell. 2008. oral contract An agreement …

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  • 4Oral contract — An oral contract is a contract the terms of which have been agreed by spoken communication, in contrast to a written contract, where the contract is a written document. There may be written, or other physical evidence, of an oral contract – for… …

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  • 5Oral argument in the United States — Oral arguments are spoken presentations to a judge or appellate court by a lawyer (or parties when representing themselves) of the legal reasons why they should prevail. Oral argument at the appellate level accompanies written briefs, which also… …

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  • 6Oral argument — Oral arguments are spoken presentations to a judge or appellate court by a lawyer (or parties when representing themselves) of the legal reasons why they should prevail. Oral argument at the appellate level accompanies written briefs, which also… …

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  • 7Oral tradition and the historical Jesus — Sermon on the Mount Jesus (like other rabbis) would have expounded and debated the Torah orally, though some may have made private notes (megillot setarim) The Oral Tradition, is the cultural material and traditions transmitted orally from one… …

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  • 8Oral tradition — A Kyrgyz manaschi See also: Oral tradition and the historical Jesus Oral tradition and oral lore is cultural material and traditions transmitted orally from one generation to another.[1] …

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  • 9Fijación Oral Vol. 1 — Studio album by Shakira Released June 3, 2005 (Ireland) …

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  • 10List of languages by first written accounts — This is a list of languages by first written accounts which consists of the approximate dates for the first written accounts that are known for various languages. Because of the way languages change gradually, it is usually impossible to pinpoint …

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