EXTRINSIC EVIDENCE - External evidence or evidence that is inadmissable or not properly before the court, jury, or other determining body.
Extrinsic evidence
Definition
1 : evidence regarding an agreement that is not included in the written version of the agreement
A court may use extrinsic evidence to make sense of an ambiguity in a writing subject to some limitations.
Extrinsic Evidence
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 ...
To show that in light of all the circumstances surrounding the making of the contract, the contract is actually ambiguous, thus necessitating the use of extrinsic evidence to determine its actual meaning (California law).[1] ...
"It is a general rule that parol or extrinsic evidence is not admissible to add to, subtract from, vary, or contradict judicial or official records or documents, or written instruments which dispose of property, ...
the term for studying an entire document to understand its meaning, without reference to anything outside of the document ("extrinsic evidence"), such as the circumstances surrounding its writing or the history of the party signing it.
If neither the will nor extrinsic evidence is sufficient to dispel the ambiguity arising from the attempt to apply the description of the legatee to the person intended by the testator, the legacy must fail from the uncer-tainty of its object. 7 Ves.
 See also: Evidence, Attorney, Lawyer, Attorn, State
  
|
RSS
