Jack makes an offer to Jill by mail,because she cannot be reached by telephone.She replies by mail,accepting the offer.Canada Post loses her reply for several weeks.Jack,who has given up waiting to hear from her,has entered into the contract with someone else after waiting for a reasonable time.Jill can successfully sue Jack for breach of contract.

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Under the "mailbox rule" in contract law, an acceptance is effective once it is dispatched, not when it is received. Since Jill accepted the offer by mail, a contract was formed when she sent her acceptance, regardless of the delay caused by Canada Post.

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