{"data":{"id":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-52-140","jurisdiction":"us-ct","citation":"Conn. Gen. Stat. § 52-140","heading":"Set-off by defendant in suit by assignee.","body":"In any action brought in his own name by the assignee of a chose in action not negotiable, the defendant, or any of the defendants, may set off, in the manner and to the extent provided in section 52-139, any mutual debt between him and the plaintiff or any of the plaintiffs, or between him and the assignors of such chose in action, or any of them.","path":["TITLE 52. CIVIL ACTIONS","CHAPTER 898*. PLEADING"],"source_url":"https://www.cga.ct.gov/current/pub/chap_898.htm#sec_52-140","current_through":"Revised to January 1, 2026 (2026 Supplement to the General Statutes of Connecticut, applied over the base revision of January 1, 2025)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T19:07:17Z","sha256":"41219bab716602d4aa1f690336b9eb1b6682ec98b647f8f796a768b482c1dbd9","source_id":"us-ct","stale":false,"prev":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-52-139","next":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-52-141"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}