California Legal Codes and Statutes

§ 1585

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.

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Cal. Civ. Code § 1585 (2026)
https://ca.codecond.com/codes/civ/division-3-obligations/part-2-contracts/title-1-nature-of-a-contract/chapter-3-consent/section-1585

Other sections in Chapter 3 - Consent

§ 1565§ 1566§ 1567§ 1568§ 1568.5§ 1569§ 1570§ 1571§ 1572§ 1573…§ 1583§ 1584§ 1584.5§ 1584.6§ 1585§ 1586§ 1587§ 1588§ 1589§ 1590

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