But Byrd said the arrangement changed to a handshake agreement about three years ago.
There was no formal contract, just a handshake agreement.
"Eventually we agreed to split the difference, and we both walked away happy with a handshake agreement," he said.
Does that mean that we deployed people to kill in our name with little more than a handshake agreement?
Ryan, Minnesota's general manager since 1994, is about to reach the end of a two-year handshake agreement with the team.
Mayor Murphy has been aggressive in his behind-the-scenes efforts, and they could lead to a handshake agreement soon.
Thayer was looking for a designer and their relationship began with a handshake agreement.
Carter and Motta had a handshake agreement that was renewed each year.
Had the brothers closed their handshake agreement with Ray, these royalties would have doubled.
But on Broadway, where handshake deals are still typical business practice, it hardly raised an eyebrow.
Even if a handshake deal were reached soon, it would take at least another week to draft and enact the budget.
The owner made a handshake deal, but called a few days later to say her children wouldn't let her sell.
Even handshake deals and verbal agreements are honored as a written contract.
It was a simple handshake deal between two old friends.
Now a handshake deal gone bad may prove to be the company's undoing.
They reneged on a handshake deal and, simply speaking, that's not right.
On the basis of a handshake deal, Albert cemented a partnership that would last for decades.
"We had a handshake deal," said one person on the Bertelsmann team.
Even the club's oldest living members, who joined in the 1930's and 40's, knew of the handshake deal only by tradition.