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  2. Offer and acceptance - Wikipedia

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    If the offer specifies a method of acceptance (such as by post or fax), acceptance must be by a method that is no less effective from the offeror's point of view than the method specified. The exact method prescribed may have to be used in some cases but probably only where the offeror has used very explicit words such as "by registered post ...

  3. Agreement in English law - Wikipedia

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    The Carbolic Smoke Ball offer. In English contract law, an agreement establishes the first stage in the existence of a contract. The three main elements of contractual formation are whether there is (1) offer and acceptance (agreement) (2) consideration (3) an intention to be legally bound.

  4. Power of acceptance - Wikipedia

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    A counter offer is an offer which concerns the same subject matter but with different terms than the original offer. If a counter-offer is made by the offeree to the offeror, then the original offer is deemed rejected, and the power of acceptance included in the original offer is terminated. [32]

  5. United States contract law - Wikipedia

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    An acceptance is an agreement, by express act or implied from conduct, to the terms of an offer, including the prescribed manner of acceptance, so that an enforceable contract is formed. [ 2 ] In what is known as a battle of the forms , when the process of offer and acceptance is not followed, it is still possible to have an enforceable ...

  6. Posting rule - Wikipedia

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    Day 4: B's original letter of acceptance arrives, A then records the contract as a sale. B's acceptance of the offer means there is a binding contract – she is obliged to pay for the land or be liable for damages. B is just rejecting the offer, she did not actually revoke her acceptance; Under the posting rule, performance is a means of ...

  7. Mirror image rule - Wikipedia

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    The English common law established the concepts of consensus ad idem, offer, acceptance and counter-offer. The leading case on counter-offer is Hyde v Wrench [1840]. [ 3 ] The phrase "Mirror-Image Rule" is rarely (if at all) used by English lawyers; but the concept remains valid, as in Gibson v Manchester City Council [1979], [ 4 ] and Butler ...

  8. Paper checks are dying. Here’s what you should use instead

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    The humble paper check had a good run, but it’s all nearly dead today. Originally developed one thousand years ago in the Middle East, checks were the most widely used non-cash payment method in ...

  9. Contract - Wikipedia

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    As an offer states the offeror's willingness to be bound to the terms proposed therein, [27] a purported acceptance that varies the terms of an offer is not an acceptance but a counteroffer and hence a rejection of the original offer. The principle of offer and acceptance has been codified under the Indian Contract Act, 1872. [28]