{"schemaVersion":1,"recordType":"legal-article","id":"law:eri:code:civil:2015:article:1377","workId":"law:eri:code:civil:2015","expressionId":"law:eri:code:civil:2015:en","title":"Written Modification Clauses","number":"1377","language":"en","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/civil-code-2015/article/1377/","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 requiring any modification or termination by agreement to be in writing may not be otherwise modified or terminated. However, a party may be precluded by its conduct from asserting such a clause to the extent that the other party has acted in reliance on that conduct.","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/civil-code-2015/article/1377/#lead","sourceTargets":[{"sourceId":"civil-code-2015-en","pdfPage":384,"url":"https://eriatlas.com/sources/civil-code-2015/page/384/?article=1377&paragraph=lead#article-1377-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."}