Machine politicians are about as honest as the general run of people, and more honest about oral promises.

The oral promises of the salesperson are generally non-enforceable.

If oral promises are made, but don't appear in the contract, think twice about doing business with the firm.

With its own court system, the Church retained jurisdiction over many aspects of ordinary life, including education, inheritance, oral promises, oaths, moral crimes, and marriage.

Is an oral promise as legally binding as a written contract?

He's made oral promises to us and then he's threatened us, or at least so I gather.

It is not certain whether it was a written or only an oral promise, but this declaration fully satisfied the ambassadors.

Employees should be especially wary of oral promises of promotions and lifetime employment.

There was thus a presumption that an oral promise had been made, unless it could be proven that the parties had not met.

Pierce Marshall's lawyers brushed aside the contentions of oral promises.