Statute of frauds
England and Wales

Section 6 of the Statute of Frauds Amendment Act 1828 (9 Geo. 4. c.14) (commonly known as Lord Tenterden 's Act) was enacted to prevent Section 4 being circumvented by bringing an action against a verbal guarantor for the tort of deceit (the tort in Freeman v. Palsey). A common summary of the law is "a verbal guarantee (for a debt) isn't worth the paper it is written on".
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