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Definition Of Oral Contract:


A type of business agreement that is spoken, not memorialized in writing.
Although it can be difficult to prove the terms of an oral contract in the event of a breach,this type ofcontract is legally binding. A famous example of the enforceability of an oral contract occurred in the 1990s when actress Kim Basinger backed out of her promise to star in Jennifer Lynch's film "Boxing Helena". A jury awarded the producers $8 million in damages. Basinger appealed the decision and later settled for a lower amount, but not before having to file bankruptcy. Oral contracts are often mistakenly referred to as verbal contracts, but a verbal contract is really any contract since all contracts are created using language.

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