A court has been asked to determine what the express terms of a parties' contract encompass, as well as their purpose in accordance with the parties' intentions. What would most likely be constrained by the application of the parol evidence rule with respect to the contract?
A) expatiated evidence
B) expedited evidence
C) extraneous evidence
D) expunged evidence

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The parol evidence rule restricts the use of extraneous evidence, which is evidence outside of the written contract, to alter or contradict the terms of the contract. Therefore, choice C, extraneous evidence, would be the most constrained by the application of the parol evidence rule. The other choices (A) expatiated evidence, (B) expedited evidence, and (D) expunged evidence are not relevant to the parol evidence rule.

A Court Has Been Asked to Determine What the Express