title: Viva voce
text: # Viva voce
  
  Viva voce is a Latin phrase literally meaning "with living voice" but most often translated as "by word of mouth."
  
  It may refer to:
  
  * Word of mouth
  * A voice vote in a deliberative assembly
  * An oral exam
     * Thesis defence, in academia
  * Spoken evidence in law
  * Viva Voce (band), an American indie rock band
  