Communings

Scottish Law: Communings in the Past

This term is used to express the negotiations which have taken place before making a contract (see more about this popular legal topic in the U.K. encyclopedia), in relation tto this. See Pourparler.

Developments

It is a general rule, that such communings or conversations and the propositions then made, are no part of the contract for no parol evidence will be allowed to be given to contradict, alter or vary a written instrument. 1 Serg. & R. 464 Id. 27; Add. R. 361; 2 Dall. R. 172 1 Binn. 616; 1 Yeates’s Reports, Pennsylvania, R. 140; 12 John. R. 77; 20 John. R. 49; 3 Conn. R. 9; 11 Mass. R. 30; 13 Mass. R. 443; 1 Bibb’s R. 271; 4 Bibb’s R. 473; 3 Marsh. (Kty.) R. 333; Bunb. 175; 1 M. & S. 21; 1 Esp. C. 58; 3 Campb. R. 57. [1][rtbs name=”scottish-law”]

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Notes and References

1. Partialy, this information about communings is based on the Bouvier´s Law Dictionary, 1848 edition. There is a list of terms of the Bouvier´s Law Dictionary, including communings.

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