Verbal
Not quite the stupid expression the finical draftsperson believes it to be, verbally means “in words”, not “in spoken words”.
“A verbal agreement”, that odious fellow will continue, “is any kind of agreement, not just one arrived at through the exclusive media of ears, lips and tongues. An oral agreement is the expression for which you are asking, kind sir.”
“To have your bleeding lights punched out is the experience for which you are asking,” kind sir might be tempted to reply, but — for we cannot condone violence in these pages, however heartily called-for — perhaps our fellow not wise in the ways of the law will find solace in the fact that verbally means the same as orally or in writing, and, being rendered without flannel, undoubtedly contributes to more picturesque prose.
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