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| ===Offer Made by Post=== | | ===Offer Made by Post=== |
| {{Main article|Contracts/Mailbox rule{{!}}Mailbox rule}}
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| As a rule of convenience, if the offer is made by post, the contract comes into existence at the moment that the acceptance was posted.<ref>[[Adams v Lindsell]] (1818) 106 ER 250</ref> This rule only applies when, impliedly or explicitly, the parties have post in contemplation as a means of acceptance.<ref>[[Henthorn v Fraser]] [http://www.austlii.edu.au/cgi-bin/LawCite?cit=1892%202%20Ch%2027 [1892] 2 Ch 27].</ref> It excludes contracts involving land, letters incorrectly addressed and instantaneous modes of communication. The relevance of this early 19th century rule to modern conditions, when many quicker means of communication are available has been questioned, but the rule remains good law for the time being.
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| == Unilateral contract == | | == Unilateral contract == |