New Jersey § 12A:2-202 Final written expression:  parol or extrinsic evidence

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§ 12A:2-202 — Final written expression: parol or extrinsic evidence

New Jersey § 12A:2-202

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N.J. Stat. Ann. § 12A:2-202 (2026).

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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 (12A:1-205) or by course of performance (12A:2-208); 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. L.1961, c. 120, s. 2-202.

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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 (12A:1-205) or by course of performance (12A:2-208); 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. L.1961, c. 120, s. 2-202.