<div class="p-3">
<form id="myform" action="https://postman-echo.com/post" method="post">
  <div>
  <input type="checkbox" name="agree" id="agree_checkbox" value="yes" />
  <label for="agree_checkbox">I agree to the terms and conditions</label>
  <div style="display:none; color:red" id="agree_chk_error">
  Can't proceed as you didn't agree to the terms!
  </div>
  </div>
    <div>
    <input type="submit" name="submit" value="Submit"/>
    </div>
  </form>
</div>
$("#myform").on("submit",function(form)
{
    if(!$("#agree_checkbox").prop("checked"))
    {
        $("#agree_chk_error").show();
    }
    else
    {
        $("#agree_chk_error").hide();
    }
    return false;
})

External CSS

  1. https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/twitter-bootstrap/4.1.3/css/bootstrap.min.css

External JavaScript

  1. https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.4.1/jquery.min.js