Setoff

Subject To

(offset) a claim by a defendant in a lawsuit that the plaintiff (party filing the original suit) owes the defendant money which should be subtracted from the amount of damages claimed by plaintiff. by claiming a setoff the defendant does not necessarily deny the plaintiff’s original demand, but he/she claims the right to prove the plaintiff owes him/her an amount of money from some other transaction and that the amount should be deducted from the plaintiff’s claim.

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