The Parol Evidence Rule Would Prevent a Court from Hearing

question 57

Multiple Choice

The parol evidence rule would prevent a court from hearing oral evidence about a matter that took place prior to the signing of a written contract if that evidence:

• A) showed that the contract was entered into under duress.
• B) helped to explain ambiguous language in the contract.
• C) filled in a gap in the written language of the contract.
• D) helped to correct an obvious typographical error in the contract.
• E) showed that the parties actually intended something different from the written language of the contract.

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Definitions:

Confounding Variable

An outside influence that changes the effect of a dependent and independent variable being examined in an experimental study, potentially skewing results.

Problems

Issues, obstacles, or challenges that need to be dealt with or overcome.

Study

The act of dedicating time and attention to gaining knowledge on a subject through reading, practice, or observation.

Correlations

statistical measures that describe the extent to which two or more variables fluctuate together, indicating a relationship between them but not causation.