Define the Parole Evidence Rule. What does the
Solution
Parole evidence rule governs the contract cases in court. It prevents the parties involved in a
written contract from presenting any extrinsic evidence that is not mentioned in the final written
agreement. As per the rule the parties to a contract needs to mention each agreement in the
contract itself, any verbal agreements made before or during the final contract would not change
the terms of the original contract.
As per the “four corners” directive, a court should accept only those contract terms that are
mentioned inside the “four corners” of the paper in which the contract is printed upon. Evidences
or terms that are not included in the paper would not be considered valid.
However, in the following situations outside evidence would be admitted by the court:
External proof in order to show that the contract is ambiguous or invalid
Evidence to support that a term was mistakenly transcribed
Evidence to show that the consideration was never paid by other party
To identify other party who have changed their names due to some legal means like marriage or
corporate merger..
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1. Define the Parole Evidence Rule. What does the
Solution
Parole evidence rule governs the contract cases in court. It prevents the parties involved in a
written contract from presenting any extrinsic evidence that is not mentioned in the final written
agreement. As per the rule the parties to a contract needs to mention each agreement in the
contract itself, any verbal agreements made before or during the final contract would not change
the terms of the original contract.
As per the “four corners” directive, a court should accept only those contract terms that are
mentioned inside the “four corners” of the paper in which the contract is printed upon. Evidences
or terms that are not included in the paper would not be considered valid.
However, in the following situations outside evidence would be admitted by the court:
External proof in order to show that the contract is ambiguous or invalid
Evidence to support that a term was mistakenly transcribed
Evidence to show that the consideration was never paid by other party
To identify other party who have changed their names due to some legal means like marriage or
corporate merger.
