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Contracts • Terms of the Contract
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Legal Definition
A partial integration is a written and final agreement, but that still relies on external documents or terms to be complete.
Plain English Explanation
It's easy to think of a contract as being a single sheet of paper, or even several pieces of paper stapled together, which represent the entire agreement. However, in the real world, contracts can be complex, requiring multiple separate pieces of an agreement to come together in order to create one contract. A partial integration is a written and final agreement that may be supplemented with additional terms as long as those terms don't contradict or undermine the partial integration.
On the other hand, a complete integration is a contract that may not be supplemented by any additional terms or agreements for any reason.
On the other hand, a complete integration is a contract that may not be supplemented by any additional terms or agreements for any reason.
Hypothetical
Hypo 1: Sam owns a taco cart. Bob wants to have Sam cater his birthday party. They chat about it via email for a few days before Sam finally sends over a contract. The contract references Bob's e-mail on February 3rd as containing the specifics of the agreement. Result: This is a partial integration. It is a finalized contract, however, it is supplemented by an external discussion.
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