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§ 59.1-503.1 Parol or extrinsic evidence

Terms with respect to which confirmatory records 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 terms included therein may not be contradicted by evidence of any previous agreement or of a contemporaneous oral agreement but may be explained or supplemented by:

1. course of performance, course of dealing, or usage of trade; and

2. evidence of consistent additional terms, unless the court finds the record to have been intended as a complete and exclusive statement of the terms of the agreement.

History

This law was first created in 2000. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 101 and 996 of that year’s edition of “Acts of Assembly,” the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year.

2000, cc. 101, 996.

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