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    EQUITABLE RECOUPMENT (1), (2) .3. Reduction of A Plaintiff's Damages Because of A Demand

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    recoupment (ri-koop-m<>nt), n.1. The recovery or regaining of something, esp. expenses. 2. The withholding, for equitable reasons, of all or part of something that is due. See EQUITABLE RECOUPMENT(1), (2).3. Reduction of a plaintiff's damages because of a demand by the defendant arising out of the same transaction. See EQUITABLE RECOUPMENT(3). Cf. SETOFF(2). [Cases: Set-off and Counterclaim 6. C.J.S. Set-off and Counterclaim §§ 2, 11.] 4. The right of a defendant to have the plaintiff's claim reduced or eliminated because of the plaintiff's breach of contract or duty in the same transaction. 5. An affirmative defense alleging such a breach. 6.Archaic. A counterclaim arising out of the same transaction or occurrence as the one on which the original action is based. • In modern practice, the recoupment has been replaced by the compulsory counterclaim. — recoup,vb.

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    recoupment (ri-koop-m<>nt), n.1. The recovery or regaining of something, esp. expenses. 2. The withholding, for equitable reasons, of all or part of something that is due. See EQUITABLE RECOUPMENT(1), (2).3. Reduction of a plaintiff's damages because of a demand by the defendant arising out of the same transaction. See EQUITABLE RECOUPMENT(3). Cf. SETOFF(2). [Cases: Set-off and Counterclaim 6. C.J.S. Set-off and Counterclaim §§ 2, 11.] 4. The right of a defendant to have the plaintiff's claim reduced or eliminated because of the plaintiff's breach of contract or duty in the same transaction. 5. An affirmative defense alleging such a breach. 6.Archaic. A counterclaim arising out of the same transaction or occurrence as the one on which the original action is based. • In modern practice, the recoupment has been replaced by the compulsory counterclaim. — recoup,vb.

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    recoupment (ri-koop-m<>nt), n.1. The recovery or regaining of something, esp. expenses. 2. The withholding, for equitable reasons, of all or part of something that is due. See EQUITABLE RECOUPMENT(1), (2).3. Reduction of a plaintiff's damages because of a demand by the defendant arising out of the same transaction. See EQUITABLE RECOUPMENT(3). Cf. SETOFF(2). [Cases: Set-off and Counterclaim 6. C.J.S. Set-off and Counterclaim §§ 2, 11.] 4. The right of a defendant to have the plaintiff's claim reduced or eliminated because of the plaintiff's breach of contract or duty in the same transaction. 5. An affirmative defense alleging such a breach. 6.Archaic. A counterclaim arising out of the same transaction or occurrence as the one on which the original action is based. • In modern practice, the recoupment has been replaced by the compulsory counterclaim. — recoup,vb.

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    recoupment (ri-koop-m<>nt), n.1. The recovery or regaining of something, esp. expenses. 2. The withholding, for equitable reasons, of all or part of something that is due. See EQUITABLE RECOUPMENT(1), (2).3. Reduction of a plaintiff's damages because of a demand by the defendant arising out of the same transaction. See EQUITABLE RECOUPMENT(3). Cf. SETOFF(2). [Cases: Set-off and Counterclaim 6. C.J.S. Set-off and Counterclaim §§ 2, 11.] 4. The right of a defendant to have the plaintiff's claim reduced or eliminated because of the plaintiff's breach of contract or duty in the same transaction. 5. An affirmative defense alleging such a breach. 6.Archaic. A counterclaim arising out of the same transaction or occurrence as the one on which the original action is based. • In modern practice, the recoupment has been replaced by the compulsory counterclaim. — recoup,vb.

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    RECOUPMENT

    recoupment (ri-koop-m<<schwa>>nt), n.1. The recovery or regaining of something, esp.


    expenses. 2. The withholding, for equitable reasons, of all or part of something that is due. See
    EQUITABLE RECOUPMENT(1), (2).3. Reduction of a plaintiff's damages because of a demand
    by the defendant arising out of the same transaction. See EQUITABLE RECOUPMENT(3). Cf.
    SETOFF(2). [Cases: Set-off and Counterclaim 6. C.J.S. Set-off and Counterclaim 2, 11.] 4.
    The right of a defendant to have the plaintiff's claim reduced or eliminated because of the
    plaintiff's breach of contract or duty in the same transaction. 5. An affirmative defense alleging
    such a breach. 6.Archaic. A counterclaim arising out of the same transaction or occurrence as the
    one on which the original action is based. In modern practice, the recoupment has been replaced
    by the compulsory counterclaim. recoup,vb.

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