Under the common law, there is a doctrine called the perfect tender rule. It means the seller's tender of delivery is required to conform in detail to the agreement between the parties. The UCC restates the perfect tender rule, holding that if the goods or the tender of delivery fail in any respect to conform to the contract, the buyer may:

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The Uniform Commercial Code (UCC) allows for flexibility in dealing with goods that do not meet contract specifications. Under the UCC, a buyer can reject the whole shipment, accept the whole shipment despite the non-conformities, or accept any commercial unit(s) and reject the rest. This flexibility is a departure from the more rigid common law perfect tender rule, which generally requires the goods to conform exactly to the contract terms for acceptance.

Under the Common Law, There Is a Doctrine Called the Perfect