COMMUNINGS

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From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:

  COMMUNINGS, Scotch law. This term is used to express the negotiations which 
  have taken place before making a contract, in relation thereto. See 
  Pourparler. 
       2. 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, 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.