In 17th-century England,before the enactment of the Statute of Frauds in 1677,a legal rule:
A)allowed both parties to a lawsuit and third-party witnesses to testify.
B)only allowed parties to a lawsuit to testify in their own cases.
C)prohibited parties to a lawsuit from testifying in their own cases.
D)prohibited parties to a lawsuit from calling third-party witnesses to testify.

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In 17th-century England,the dangers inherent in oral contracts were exacerbated by a legal rule that prohibited parties to a lawsuit from testifying in their own cases.Because the parties to an oral contract could not give testimony,the only way they could prove the existence of the contract was through the testimony of third parties.

In 17th-Century England,before the Enactment of the Statute of Frauds