DIVISION 3. OBLIGATIONS 1427-3272.9›PART 2. CONTRACTS 1549-1701›TITLE 1. NATURE OF A CONTRACT 1549-1615›CHAPTER 3. Consent 1565-1590

§ 1585

California Civil Code · 2018-11 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California

An acceptance must be absolute and unqualified, or must include in itself an acceptance of that character which the proposer can separate from the rest, and which will conclude the person accepting. A qualified acceptance is a new proposal.

(Enacted 1872.)

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