JD Next Practice Exam

The situation in which there is no acceptance occurs when an offer requires certain conditions to be fulfilled. Acceptance must align precisely with the terms of the offer for it to be valid. If the offer outlines specific conditions that must be met before acceptance can occur, simply agreeing to the offer without satisfying those conditions does not create a binding contract. The necessity of meeting those conditions before acceptance means that, until they are fulfilled, there can be no true acceptance of the offer.

In contrast, acceptance being incomplete can also lead to questions of validity, but it does not inherently negate acceptance altogether; it may simply imply that the acceptance is ineffective. A signed acceptance by only one party does not negate acceptance if the offer allows for such a method of acceptance; it simply means that the acceptance needs to reflect the terms outlined in the offer. Likewise, the absence of a counteroffer does not negate original acceptance but rather keeps the terms of the original offer intact until accepted or declined.