New Jersey Statutes 12A:2-206. Offer and acceptance in formation of contract
Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 12A:2-206
- Buyer: means a person who buys or contracts to buy goods. See New Jersey Statutes 12A:2-103
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Seller: means a person who sells or contracts to sell goods. See New Jersey Statutes 12A:2-103
- Ship: includes vessels, steamers, canal boats and every boat or structure adapted to navigation or movement from place to place, upon the ocean, lakes, rivers or artificial waterways, either by its own power or otherwise. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
(a) an offer to make a contract shall be construed as inviting acceptance in any manner and by any medium reasonable in the circumstances;
(b) an order or other offer to buy goods for prompt or current shipment shall be construed as inviting acceptance either by a prompt promise to ship or by the prompt or current shipment of conforming or non-conforming goods, but such a shipment of non-conforming goods does not constitute an acceptance if the seller seasonably notifies the buyer that the shipment is offered only as an accommodation to the buyer.
(2) Where the beginning of a requested performance is a reasonable mode of acceptance an offeror who is not notified of acceptance within a reasonable time may treat the offer as having lapsed before acceptance.
L.1961, c. 120, s. 2-206.