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promise to pay money or do a specific thing. A formal and binding agreement oracknowledgement of a liability to pay a certain sum or do a certain thing. (Black's4th)Offense :A crime or misdemeanor; a breach of the criminal laws.It is used as a genus, comprehending every crime and misdemeanor, or as aspecies, sign ifying a crime not indictable, but punishable summarily or by theforfeiture of a penalty.The word "offense," while sometimes used in various senses, generally implies acrime or a misdemeanor infringing public as distinguished from mere private rights,and punishable under the criminal laws, though it may also include the violation ofa criminal statute for which the remedy is merely a civil suit to recover the penalty.Under a statute, declaring that one guilty of an offense or fa ult causing anotherdamage is obliged to repair it, "offense" or "fault" has the same meaning as "tort";and a criminal contempt has been held to be an "offense." (Black's 4th)Offer :v. To bring to or before ; to present for acceptance or rejection; to hold out orproffer; to make a proposal to; to exhibit something that may be taken or receivedor not.To attempt or endeavor; to make an effort to effect some object, as, to offer tobribe; in this sense used principally in criminal law.In trial practice, to "offer" evidence is to state its nature and purport, or to recitewhat is expected to be proved by a given witness or document, and demand itsadmission. Unless under exceptional circumstances, the term is not to be taken asequivalent to "introduce".The word "offer," as used in a statute providing that the buyer, to rescind a sale,must offer within a reasonable time to return the goods, is synonymous with theword "tender."n. A proposal; a proposal to do a thing.An attempt; endeavor. WebsterAn offer of evidence. See the verb "offer" .An act on the part of one person whereby he gives to another the legal power ofcreating the obligation called contract.An offer, as an element of a contract, is a proposal to make a contract. It mustbe made by the person who is to make the promise, and it must be made to theperson to whom the promise is made. It may be made either by words or by signs,either orally or in writing, and either personally or by a messenger; but in whateverway it is made, it is not in law an offer until it comes to the knowledge of theperson to whom it is made.An "offer" must be so definite in its terms, or req uire such definite terms inacceptance, that the promises and performances to be rendered by each party arereasonably certain.An "offer to sell" merely contemplates the proffer, proposal, presentation, orexhibition of something to another for acceptance or rejection. (Black's 4th)REDEMPTION MANUAL - FOUR POINT FIVE EDITION 629