§ 22-203. Offer and acceptance in general

MD Comm L Code § 22-203 (2019) (N/A)
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Unless otherwise unambiguously indicated by the language or the circumstances:

(1)    An offer to make a contract invites acceptance in any manner and by any medium reasonable under the circumstances.

(2)    An order or other offer to acquire a copy for prompt or current delivery invites acceptance by either a prompt promise to ship or a prompt or current shipment of a conforming or nonconforming copy. However, a shipment of a nonconforming copy is not an acceptance if the licensor seasonably notifies the licensee that the shipment is offered only as an accommodation to the licensee.

(3)    If the beginning of a requested performance is a reasonable mode of acceptance, an offeror that is not notified of acceptance or performance within a reasonable time may treat the offer as having lapsed before acceptance.

(4)    If an offer in an electronic message evokes an electronic message accepting the offer, a contract is formed:

(A)    When an electronic acceptance is received; or

(B)    If the response consists of beginning performance, full performance, or giving access to information, when the performance is received or the access is enabled and necessary access materials are received.