Revocation of proposals and acceptances permitted before communication of acceptance is complete, but not thereafter. Section 5 sets temporal limits: a proposal may be revoked any time before the communication of its acceptance is complete as against the proposer, and an acceptance may be revoked any time before its communication is complete as against the acceptor; the moment communication is complete fixes the last lawful moment for revocation, illustrated by postal dispatch and receipt.
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Revocation of proposals and acceptances permitted before communication of acceptance is complete, but not thereafter.
Section 5 sets temporal limits: a proposal may be revoked any time before the communication of its acceptance is complete as against the proposer, and an acceptance may be revoked any time before its communication is complete as against the acceptor; the moment communication is complete fixes the last lawful moment for revocation, illustrated by postal dispatch and receipt.
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