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parol evidence rule

/pəˈrəʊl ˈɛvɪdəns ruːl/

Übersetzung: Rechtsgrundsatz, wonach mündliche oder außerhalb der endgültigen schriftlichen Urkunde liegende Abreden nicht zugelassen werden, um den Inhalt einer vollständigen schriftlichen Vereinbarung zu ergänzen, zu ändern oder zu widerlegen.

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/pəˈrəʊl ˈɛvɪdəns ruːl/C1formallegal
  • deRechtsgrundsatz, wonach mündliche oder außerhalb der endgültigen schriftlichen Urkunde liegende Abreden nicht zugelassen werden, um den Inhalt einer vollständigen schriftlichen Vereinbarung zu ergänzen, zu ändern oder zu widerlegen.

A legal doctrine stating that when parties have reduced their agreement to a final written contract, evidence of prior or contemporaneous oral agreements or written negotiations is generally inadmissible to contradict or modify the terms of that written contract.

  1. Legal doctrineC2formal

    A rule in contract law that prevents parties from introducing extrinsic evidence of prior or contemporaneous agreements to contradict, modify, or vary the terms of a written contract that is intended to be a complete and final expression of their agreement.

    deParol-Evidence-Regel

    • The court applied the parol evidence rule to exclude the oral agreement from the trial.
    • Under the parol evidence rule, the written contract was considered the final agreement.
    • The lawyer argued that the parol evidence rule did not apply because the contract was ambiguous.