8.2-202 - Final written expression; parol or extrinsic evidence. - Virginia Statutes

§ 8.2-202. Final written expression; parol or extrinsic evidence.

Terms with respect to which the confirmatory memoranda of the parties agreeor which are otherwise set forth in a writing intended by the parties as afinal expression of their agreement with respect to such terms as areincluded therein may not be contradicted by evidence of any prior agreementor of a contemporaneous oral agreement but may be explained or supplemented

(a) by course of performance, course of dealing or usage of trade (§8.1A-303); and

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

(1964, c. 219; 2003, c. 353.)