<Ul> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> </Ul> <P> In the law of contracts, the mirror image rule, also referred to as an unequivocal and absolute acceptance requirement, states that an offer must be accepted exactly with no modifications . The offeror is the master of one's own offer . An attempt to accept the offer on different terms instead creates a counter-offer, and this constitutes a rejection of the original offer . </P> <P> The English common law established the concepts of consensus ad idem, offer, acceptance and counter-offer . The leading case on counter-offer is Hyde v Wrench (1840). The phrase "Mirror - Image Rule" is rarely (if at all) used by English lawyers; but the concept remains valid, as in Gibson v Manchester City Council (1979), and Butler Machine Tool v Excello . </P> <P> This position is adhered to in Australia (New South Wales). If a person were to accept an offer, but make a modification, then they are actually rejecting the offer presented to them and are proposing a counter-offer: Masters v Cameron (1954) 91 CLR 353 . That modifying party is then the one making a new offer, and the original offeror is now the one who has to accept . </P>

The mirror image rule is the common law requirement of which of the following