FOUR CORNERS
The document itself; the face of a written instru-
ment.
The term is ordinarily included in the phrase
within the four corners of the document, which
denotes that in ascertaining the legal signifi-
cance and consequences of the document, the
parties and the court can only examine its lan-
guage and all matters encompassed within it.
Extraneous information concerning the docu-
ment that does not appear in it—within its four
