{"type":"standard","title":"Posting rule","displaytitle":"Posting rule","namespace":{"id":0,"text":""},"wikibase_item":"Q7234339","titles":{"canonical":"Posting_rule","normalized":"Posting rule","display":"Posting rule"},"pageid":2009709,"thumbnail":{"source":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/Contract_Flat_Icon.svg/330px-Contract_Flat_Icon.svg.png","width":320,"height":320},"originalimage":{"source":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/Contract_Flat_Icon.svg/512px-Contract_Flat_Icon.svg.png","width":512,"height":512},"lang":"en","dir":"ltr","revision":"1290756050","tid":"9256d33c-329a-11f0-a7e8-8c1bc9e87765","timestamp":"2025-05-16T21:13:11Z","description":"A mailed contract is accepted when the letter is posted","description_source":"local","content_urls":{"desktop":{"page":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_rule","revisions":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_rule?action=history","edit":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_rule?action=edit","talk":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Posting_rule"},"mobile":{"page":"https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_rule","revisions":"https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:History/Posting_rule","edit":"https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_rule?action=edit","talk":"https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Posting_rule"}},"extract":"The posting rule is an exception to the general rule of contract law in common law countries that acceptance of an offer takes place when communicated. Under the posting rule, that acceptance takes effect when a letter is posted ; the post office will be the universal service provider, such as the UK's Royal Mail, the Australia Post, or the United States Postal Service. In plain English, the \"meeting of the minds\" necessary to contract formation occurs at the exact moment word of acceptance is sent via post by the person accepting it, rather than when that acceptance is received by the person who offered the contract.","extract_html":"
The posting rule is an exception to the general rule of contract law in common law countries that acceptance of an offer takes place when communicated. Under the posting rule, that acceptance takes effect when a letter is posted ; the post office will be the universal service provider, such as the UK's Royal Mail, the Australia Post, or the United States Postal Service. In plain English, the \"meeting of the minds\" necessary to contract formation occurs at the exact moment word of acceptance is sent via post by the person accepting it, rather than when that acceptance is received by the person who offered the contract.
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