Contracts - Acceptance and Revocation of an Acceptance IV

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Acceptance and Revocation of an Acceptance 4

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/