<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 53-7-3 - Absolute and unqualified acceptance required--Qualified acceptance, new proposal. </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2072048Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2072048SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072048CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2072048Normal-000000 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2072048DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072048000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072048SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072048SCL-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } body { text-decoration-skip-ink: none; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2072048Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=53-7-3"><span class="s2072048SENU">53-7-3</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072048SENU">. </span><span class="s2072048CL">Absolute and unqualified acceptance required--Qualified acceptance, new proposal.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072048Normal-000000"><span class="s2072048DefaultParagraphFont">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.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072048Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072048000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072048Normal"><span class="s2072048SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072048SCL-000002"> CivC 1877, § 896; CL 1887, § 3520; RCivC 1903, § 1214; RC 1919, § 829; SDC 1939, § 10.0320.</span></p></div></body></html>