CT · jury_instructions
Conn. Civ. Jury Instr. 4.1-11
Duration of Offer
The (offeror: defendant / plaintiff)1 claims that (his/her/its) offer required that the (offeree:
defendant / plaintiff) accept it on or before <date>. The (offeree: defendant / plaintiff) claims
that the (offeror: defendant / plaintiff) did not specify any time for acceptance in the offer.
If you find that the (offeror: defendant / plaintiff) did specify in the offer that acceptance must
occur on or before <date>, then in order to form a valid contract, the (offeree: defendant /
plaintiff) must have accepted the offer on or before <date>. If you find that the (offeror:
defendant / plaintiff) did not specify a time limit for acceptance of the offer, then the (offeree:
defendant / plaintiff) had a reasonable time in which to accept the offer and if (he/she/it)
accepted the offer within a reasonable time, then a valid contract existed between the parties.
[What is a reasonable time depends on the surrounding circumstances and the purpose of the
contract.]
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.
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- jud.ct.gov
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- 2026-08-23
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- 2026-08-23
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