{"data":{"id":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-106-2-202","jurisdiction":"us-ma","citation":"Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 106, § 2-202","heading":"Final Written Expression: Parol or Extrinsic Evidence","body":"Section 2–202. Terms with respect to which the confirmatory memoranda of the parties agree or which are otherwise set forth in a writing 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\n(a) by course of performance, course of dealing or usage of trade, in section 1–303; and\n(b) by evidence of consistent additional terms unless the court finds the writing to have been intended also as a complete and exclusive statement of the terms of the agreement.","path":["Part I","Title XV","Chapter 106","Article 2"],"source_url":"https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartI/TitleXV/Chapter106/Section2-202","current_through":"amendments passed before May 31, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T05:22:20Z","sha256":"dc843d4c08b58c3e69f2059bcc35f32d60767fa6790714d53735aff851aa70ef","source_id":"us-ma","stale":false,"prev":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-106-2-201","next":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-106-2-203"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}