Conn. Civ. Jury Instr. 4.1-10

Acceptance occurs as soon as it is transmitted by a means which the (offeror: defendant /

plaintiff)1 has authorized, and it is put out of the (offeree: defendant's / plaintiff's) possession,

regardless of whether or when the (offeror: defendant / plaintiff) receives it. The (offeree:

defendant's / plaintiff's) act of signing the written offer did not become an acceptance of that

offer until the signed offer was out of the (offeree: defendant's / plaintiff's) possession and on its

way to the (offeror: defendant / plaintiff).

The (offeree: defendant / plaintiff) claims that (he/she/it) signed the contract from the (offeror:

defendant / plaintiff) on <date> and <describe the act by which the offer left the offeree's

possession, e.g., placed it in a post office box, gave it to a messenger in an envelope addressed to

the offeror> on <date>. The (offeror: defendant / plaintiff) claims that (he/she/it) did not receive

the contract signed by the (offeree: defendant / plaintiff) until <later date>. The time when the

acceptance occurred is not the time when the (offeree: defendant / plaintiff) signed the contract

and it is not the time when the (offeror: defendant / plaintiff) received the contract, it is the time

when <insert the act previously described>.

1 The term "offeror" and "offeree" have been inserted above as a guide. The charge should be

given in terms of the "plaintiff" or the "defendant," depending on which one is the offeror and

which one the offeree.