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Accepting the offer but conditioning the acceptance on a different escrow office than specified in the offer.

a) Conditional Acceptance
b) Counter Offer
c) Acceptance by Silence
d) Acceptance by Conduct

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In contract law, when acceptance of an offer includes the condition of changing the specified escrow office, it is a Counter Offer, not a mere acceptance. The counter offer terminates the original offer and a new agreement must be reached based on the new terms. The correct option is B.

Step-by-step explanation:

When a person accepts an offer but places a condition that is different from what was specified in the original offer, such as asking for a different escrow office, this is known as a Counter Offer.

A counter offer occurs when the offeree changes the terms of the original offer in any way. Once a counter offer is made, the original offer is terminated, and the original offeror can choose whether to accept the new terms presented by the counter offer or not.

Thus, the answer to the question is 'b) Counter Offer'. This is based on contract law, where an acceptance must be a mirror image of the offer for a valid contract to be formed. Any deviation from the original terms is not an acceptance, but a counter proposal that needs to be agreed upon by the original offeror to form a contract.

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