District Of Columbia § 28:2A-202 - Final written expression: parol or extrinsic evidence.
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§ 28:2A-202. Final written expression: parol or extrinsic evidence.
28:2A-202Terms 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:
By course of dealing or usage of trade or by course of performance; and
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.
Annotations
“Writing”. Section 1-201(46).
“Usage of trade”. Section 1-205.
“Term”. Section 1-201(42).
“Party”. Section 1-201(29).
“Course of dealing”. Section 1-205.
“Agreement”. Section 1-201(3).
Section 2-202.
Source: official District Of Columbia text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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