viva voce

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
viva voce
    adv 1: orally; "I heard it viva voce" [syn: {by word of mouth},
           {viva voce}]
    n 1: an examination conducted by spoken communication [syn:
         {oral}, {oral exam}, {oral examination}, {viva voce},
         {viva}]
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Viva voce \Vi"va vo"ce\ (v[imac]"v[.a] v[=o]"s[-e]). [L.]
   By word of mouth; orally.
   [1913 Webster]
from Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)
VIVA VOCE. Living voice; verbally. It is said a witness delivers his 
evidence viva voce, when he does so in open court; the term is opposed to 
deposition. It is sometimes opposed to ballot; as, the people vote by 
ballot, but their representatives in the legislature, vote viva voce.
from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
24 Moby Thesaurus words for "viva voce":
      articulate, articulated, enunciated, lingual, linguistic,
      nuncupative, oral, orally, parol, pronounced, said, sonant,
      sounded, speech, spoken, unwritten, uttered, verbal, verbally,
      vocal, vocalized, vocally, voiced, voiceful
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