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.
Cal. Civ. Code § 1585
Consent
Applied in 22 court decisions — leading case 65 Cal. 2d 396 - Coleman Engineering Co. v. North American Aviation, Inc. (1966)
Most recently applied in J.B.B. Inv. Partners Ltd. v. Fair (June 2019)
Enacted 1872.
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