GA Code § 13-3-2 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 13 - Contracts|Chapter 3 - Elements and Formation Generally|Article 1 - General Provisions|§ 13-3-2. Contract Incomplete Without Assent of Parties to Terms Thereof; Withdrawal of Bid or Proposition by Party

 The consent of the parties being essential to a contract, until each has assented to all the terms, there is no binding contract; until assented to, each party may withdraw his bid or proposition.   (Orig. Code 1863, § 2689; Code 1868, § 2685; Code 1873, § 2727; Code 1882, § 2727; Civil Code 1895, § 3645; Civil Code 1910, § 4230; Code 1933, § 20-108.)   Cross references.   - Formation of contracts under Uniform Commercial Code, § 11-2-204.    Offer and acceptance under Uniform Commercial Code, §§ 11-2-206,11-2-207.   Law reviews.   - For article discussing interpretation in Georgia of insurance policies containing evidentiary conditions, see 12 Ga. L. Rev. 783 (1978). For article discussing the anachronistic nature of the Georgia Contracts Code as dramatized by comparing the doctrine of consideration as it is formulated in the Restatements of Contracts and in Code 1933, Title 20 (now this title), and the interpretative approach Georgia courts have taken in dealing with such Code, see 13 Ga. L. Rev. 499 (1979). (But see amendments by Ga. L. 1981, p. 876.) For annual survey of law on labor and employment law, see 62 Mercer L. Rev. 181 (2010).   JUDICIAL DECISIONS   ANALYSIS    General Consideration   Mutuality of Assent   Offer and Acceptance    RESEARCH REFERENCES   C.J.S.   - 17 C.J.S., Contracts, § 30.   ALR.    - Acceptance of offer with condition which law would imply, 1 A.L.R. 1508.    Acknowledging receipt of order for goods as an acceptance completing the contract, 10 A.L.R. 683.    Silence when offer is made or failure to reject it as an acceptance which will consummate a bilateral contract, 77 A.L.R. 1141.    Revocation of offer of reward, 107 A.L.R. 1085.    What amounts to acceptance by owner of work done under contract for construction or repair of building which will support a recovery on quantum meruit, 107 A.L.R. 1411.    Implied obligation of one to pay for services or goods which another at his request has rendered or furnished to a third person, 125 A.L.R. 1428.    Circumstances supporting inference of original offerer's acceptance of counteroffer or assent to conditions attached by offeree to his acceptance, 135 A.L.R. 821.    Acceptance of offer of contract predicated upon reply which contemplates third person as party to the contract, 170 A.L.R. 996.   Difference between offer and acceptance as regards place of payment or of delivery as variance preventing consummation of contract, 3 A.L.R.2d 256.   Rights and remedies arising out of delay in passing upon application for insurance, 32 A.L.R.2d 487.   Ratification of contract voidable for duress, 77 A.L.R.2d 426.   Validity, construction, and effect of contract between grower of vegetable or fruit crops, and purchasing processor, packer, or canner, 87 A.L.R.2d 732.   Nature, construction, and effect of "lay away" or "will call" plan or system, 10 A.L.R.3d 456.   Variance between offer and acceptance in regard to title as affecting consummation of contract for sale of real property, 16 A.L.R.3d 1424.   Validity and construction of "no damage" clause with respect to delay in building or construction contract, 74 A.L.R.3d 187.   Sufficiency of notice of modification in terms of compensation of at-will employee who continues performance to bind employee, 69 A.L.R.4th 1145.