Contracts - Acceptance and Revocation of an Acceptance 1

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Acceptance and Revocation of an Acceptance 1

Civil Code:

Article

第 160 條

遲到之承諾，除前條情形外，視為新要約。

將要約擴張、限制或為其他變更而承諾者，視為拒絕原要約而為新要約。

Article 160

An acceptance which arrives late, except under the circumstances in the preceding article, shall be deemed to be a new offer.

An acceptance with amplifications, limitations or other alterations shall be deemed to be a refusal of the original offer and the making of a new offer.

Vocabulary

遲到  [chídào]  /to arrive late/

之  [zhī]  /(literary equivalent of 的)/

承諾  [chéngnuò]  /promise (to do something)/

除…外  [chú…wài]  /except/

前  [qián]  /before/in front/ago/former/previous/earlier/front/

條  [tiáo]  /article/

情形  [qíngxing]  /circumstances/situation/

視為  [shìwéi]  /(v) deem/see as/regard as/

新  [xīn]  /new/newly/

要約  [yàoyuē]  /offer/

將  [jiāng]  /把/

擴張  [kuòzhāng]  /(v) expand /

限制  [xiànzhì]  /(impose) restrictions/to limit/to bound/to restrict/

或  [huò]  /or/

為  [wéi]  /to make/

其他  [qítā]  /other/else/

變更  [biàngēng]  /change/alter/modify/

而  [ér]  /and/

者  [zhě]  /if/

拒絕  [jùjué]  /to refuse/to decline/to reject/

原要約  [yuányàoyuē]  /original offer/