LEGAL WORD

Set off

Legal term · Civil procedure

Set off

  • Type: Legal term
  • Area of law: Civil procedure

1 What it means

A defendant's claim for a sum owed by the plaintiff, used to reduce the amount the plaintiff can recover.

2 Use it in a sentence

The tenant claimed set off for repairs he had paid for.

3 Make it stick

Write your own sentence using Set off about a case or topic you are studying this week, then check it against the meaning above.

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