Under contract law, a verbal acceptance that can be proven by a credible witness is:

• A. Could be held valid and enforceable.
• B. It is never enforceable.
• C. It requires a witness to be valid.
• D. It must be in writing to be enforceable.

Answer: (A)

Verbal acceptance can form a binding contract when the parties have clearly communicated an offer and its acceptance and both intend to be bound. If a credible witness can establish that the offeree accepted the offer, the essential element of mutual assent is proven, so the agreement can be enforced even without a written document. This is why a verbal acceptance that can be proven by a credible witness could be held valid and enforceable.

Note that for real estate deals in Manitoba, the Statute of Frauds generally requires writing for contracts involving land, so this principle applies to general contracts; land transactions typically need a written agreement to be enforceable.