Cal. Civil Code § 1585 : Nature Of A Contract — California Civil Code — Obligations — Consent — Acceptance absolute and unqualified; qualified acceptance new proposal Date: 14 Sep 2016 TEXT PDF Current through the 2016 Legislative Session An acceptance must be absolute and unqualified, or must include in itself an acceptance of that character which the proposer can separate from the rest, and which will conclude the person accepting. A qualified acceptance is a new proposal. Ca. Civ. Code § 1585