{"schemaVersion":1,"recordType":"legal-article","id":"law:eri:code:civil:2015:article:1376","workId":"law:eri:code:civil:2015","expressionId":"law:eri:code:civil:2015:en","title":"Merger Clause","number":"1376","language":"en","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/civil-code-2015/article/1376/","hierarchy":{"book":"BOOK V - OBLIGATIONS","title":"TITLE I - CONTRACTS IN GENERAL","chapter":"Chapter 3. - Validity","section":"Section 3. - Form of the Contract","paragraph":null},"paragraphs":[{"id":"lead","number":"","text":"A contract in writing which contains a clause indicating that the writing completely embodies the terms on which the parties have agreed cannot be contradicted or supplemented by evidence of prior statements or agreements. However, such statements or agreements may be used to interpret the writing.","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/civil-code-2015/article/1376/#lead","sourceTargets":[{"sourceId":"civil-code-2015-en","pdfPage":384,"url":"https://eriatlas.com/sources/civil-code-2015/page/384/?article=1376&paragraph=lead#article-1376-lead"}]}],"caution":"This is the 2015 English-language edition attributed in its front matter to the Ministry of Justice. Eri Atlas has not independently verified the translation, later changes, or whether the text is currently in force. Nine passages are incomplete in the available scan and are identified where they occur."}