U

In determining the applicability of the parol evidence rule, a court must first determine whether there is an integrated agreement. While the U.C.C. does not use the phrases, 'partially integrated' or 'fully integrated,' it uses the terms, 'final expression' which is comparable to 'partially integrated' and 'complete and exclusive statement' which is comparable to 'fully integrated.' See Restatement (Second) of Contracts § 209(2) at 115 (1981). If a court concludes there is no integration, the parol evidence rule does not apply and evidence of contradictory prior or contemporaneous agreements may be introduced. 'An integrated agreement is a writing or writings constituting a final expression ...