Why Is an Offeree's Silence Regarding a Contract Not Considered

question 17

Essay

Why is an offeree's silence regarding a contract not considered to be an acceptance of it?

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Definitions:

Ethnicity

A social group that shares a common and distinctive culture, religion, language, or the like.

Abnormal Behavior

Patterns of emotion, thought, or action deemed pathological for one of several reasons, including statistical rarity, violation of norms, or personal distress.

Operant Conditioning

A form of associative learning in which the consequences of a behavior change the probability of the behavior’s occurrence.

Organic Causes

refers to physical or biological factors that lead to medical conditions, as opposed to psychological or environmental factors.