Some Leading Benefits of Latin (and Classical) Studies. You don't just read about Seneca or Caesar; you read the words of Seneca and Caesar themselves. You don't just speak your own modern language unreflectively, but you learn where much of it came from, after actually seeing the contents and the workings of one of its greatest sources.
Every state has some version of a statute of frauds. A statute of frauds is a law that deems certain types of oral contracts unenforceable unless there's a writing that evidences the agreement. The writing doesn't need to be a formal, written contract.
The Statute of Frauds, which has been substantially re-enacted in most states in this country, provides that no action shall be brought upon any oral agreement that is not to be performed within one year from the making of the agreement.