{"id":728,"date":"2019-02-19T19:59:40","date_gmt":"2019-02-19T19:59:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/familylawyernc.com\/?page_id=728"},"modified":"2021-02-09T21:41:55","modified_gmt":"2021-02-09T21:41:55","slug":"law-dictionary-e","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/familylawyernc.com\/?page_id=728","title":{"rendered":"Law Dictionary: E"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/familylawyernc.com\/?page_id=724\">A<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/familylawyernc.com\/?page_id=725\">B<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/familylawyernc.com\/?page_id=726\">C<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/familylawyernc.com\/?page_id=727\">D<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/familylawyernc.com\/?page_id=728\">E<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/familylawyernc.com\/?page_id=729\">F<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/familylawyernc.com\/?page_id=730\">G<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/familylawyernc.com\/?page_id=731\">H<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/familylawyernc.com\/?page_id=732\">I<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/familylawyernc.com\/?page_id=733\">J<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/familylawyernc.com\/?page_id=734\">K<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/familylawyernc.com\/?page_id=735\">L<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/familylawyernc.com\/?page_id=736\">M<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/familylawyernc.com\/?page_id=737\">N<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/familylawyernc.com\/?page_id=738\">O<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/familylawyernc.com\/?page_id=739\">P<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/familylawyernc.com\/?page_id=742\">Q<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/familylawyernc.com\/?page_id=743\">R<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/familylawyernc.com\/?page_id=744\">S<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/familylawyernc.com\/?page_id=745\">T<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/familylawyernc.com\/?page_id=746\">U<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/familylawyernc.com\/?page_id=747\">V<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/familylawyernc.com\/?page_id=748\">W<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/familylawyernc.com\/?page_id=749\">X<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/familylawyernc.com\/?page_id=750\">Y<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/familylawyernc.com\/?page_id=751\">Z<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>easement<br>emergency<br>encumbrance<br>enjoin<br>entry of judgment<br>equitable distribution<br>estate<br>estoppel<br>exited utterance<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>EXPUNGE<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><b>Extrinsic evidence<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The court may consider extrinsic evidence to determine the parties\u2019 intentions behind an ambiguous term of a contract. <a href=\"https:\/\/familylawyernc.com\/?page_id=842\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tyndall-Taylor v. Tyndall<\/a>, 157 N.C. App. 689, 580 S.E.2d 58 (2003)), review denied, 361 N.C. 350, 645 S.E.2d 766 (2007).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;<span style=\"display: inline !important; float: none; background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; cursor: text; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro',sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;\">Extrinsic evidence may be consulted when the plain language of the contract is ambiguous.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/familylawyernc.com\/?page_id=768\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Brown v. Ginn<\/a>, 181 N.C. App. 563, 640 S.E.2d 787 (2007)<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>See <a href=\"https:\/\/familylawyernc.com\/?page_id=739\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">parol evidence rule<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>ex parte<br>expert testimony<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Rule 702. 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