Setoff
Ballentine's Law Dictionary · James A. Ballentine · 1916
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
A money demand by the defendant against the plaintiff, arising on contract and constituting a debt independent of and unconnected with the cause of action set forth in the complaint.
See 61 Or. 502, Ann. Cas. 1914B, 115, 123 Pac. 392.