| a. | 1. | Not contained in or belonging to a body; external; outward; unessential; - opposed to |
| 2. | (Anat.) Attached partly to an organ or limb and partly to some other part; - said of certain groups of muscles. Opposed to |
| Adj. | 1. | extrinsic - not forming an essential part of a thing or arising or originating from the outside; "extrinsic evidence"; "an extrinsic feature of the new building"; "that style is something extrinsic to the subject"; "looking for extrinsic aid" Antonyms: intrinsic, intrinsical - belonging to a thing by its very nature; "form was treated as something intrinsic, as the very essence of the thing"- John Dewey |
EVIDENCE, EXTRINSIC. External evidence, or that which is not contained in
the body of an agreement, contract, and the like.
2. It is a general rule that extrinsic evidence cannot be admitted to
contradict, explain, vary or change the terms of a contract or of a will,
except in a latent ambiguity, or to rebut a resulting trust. 14 John. 1; 1
Day, R. 8; 6 Conn. 270.