Final written expression: parol or extrinsic evidence

1. Law
2. US Virgin Islands Code
3. Uniform Commercial Code
4. Leases
5. Formation and Construction of Lease Contract
6. Final written 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 writing 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 dealing or usage of trade or by course of performance; and

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

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