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Practice question: Consensuality

Multiple Choice Medium Jurisprudence

Practice question

An offer expressly requires acceptance by a signed notice delivered to a specified office before Friday. The offeree instead sends an unsigned message to an unrelated address. No waiver or other agreement is shown. What principle applies?
  1. The offeror may never specify acceptance procedures
  2. Any attempted response necessarily binds the offeror
  3. Every unsigned message is always void for every purpose
  4. The deadline is irrelevant in every contract
  5. The prescribed time, place and manner of acceptance must be complied with

Legal references

  • Civil Code, Article 1321: https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/2/53360

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