Final expression; parol or extrinsic evidence

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 dealing or usage of trade or by course of performance; 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. Added by Laws 1988, c. 86, § 11, eff. Nov. 1, 1988. Amended by Laws 2024, c. 13, § 16, eff. Nov. 1, 2024.