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Under the Indian Contract Act, 1872, what are the maker and acceptor of an accepted proposal called,…

Under section 2(b), acceptance turns a proposal into a promise. Section 2(c) calls the person making the proposal the promisor and the person accepting it the promisee.

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Under the Indian Contract Act, 1872, what are the maker and acceptor of an accepted proposal called, respectively?

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Under section 2(b), acceptance turns a proposal into a promise.

Section 2(c) calls the person making the proposal the promisor and the person accepting it the promisee.

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Option A

Section 2(c) uses promisor and promisee for these roles.

Option B

This reverses the two statutory roles.

Option C

The maker is the promisor and the acceptor is the promisee.

Option D

The maker is the promisor and the acceptor is the promisee.

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