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Code of Virginia · § 8.2-202 — Final expression; parol or extrinsic evidence

8.2-202. Final expression; parol or extrinsic evidence

Terms with respect to which the confirmatory memoranda of the parties agree or which are otherwise set forth in a record intended by the parties as a final expression of their agreement with respect to such terms as are included therein may not be contradicted by evidence of any prior agreement or of a contemporaneous oral agreement but may be explained or supplemented:

(a) by course of performance, course of dealing or usage of trade (§ 8.1A-303); and

(b) by evidence of consistent additional terms unless the court finds the record to have been intended also as a complete and exclusive statement of the terms of the agreement.

History and annotations

1964, c. 219; 2003, c. 353; 2024, c. 652.

Official source for this version

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