Fact Pattern 15-A2 (Questions A17-A18 apply)
Radford and Serenity sign a written contract for the sale of Rad's Coffee & Bagels business to Serenity.The parties intend their written contract to be a final statement of the terms of their agreement.
-Refer to Fact Pattern 15-A2.Serenity later disputes some of the provisions in the deal with Radford.If the dispute results in litigation,a court will most likely exclude evidence that
A)buttresses the written terms.
B)contradicts the written terms.
C)duplicates the written terms.
D)reinforces the written terms.

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If the parties intended their written contract to be a final statement of the terms of their agreement, a court will likely exclude evidence that contradicts the written terms. This is to prevent parties from later introducing evidence that changes the terms of the contract they had previously agreed upon.

Fact Pattern 15-A2 (Questions A17-A18 Apply)