{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-13-7-1","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 13-7-1","heading":"Nature of setoff generally.","body":"Setoff does not operate as a denial of the plaintiff’s claim; rather it allows the defendant to set off a debt owed him by the plaintiff against the claim of the plaintiff.","path":["TITLE 13 Contracts","CHAPTER 7 Setoff and Recoupment"],"source_url":"https://archive.org/download/gov.ga.ocga.2018/release86.2022.11/gov.ga.ocga.title.13.odt","current_through":"Release 86 (2022-11)","vintage":"Public.Resource.Org bulk O.C.G.A., Release 86 (2022-11), retrieved 2026-09-17","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T19:34:57Z","sha256":"0b992eb91e525fde3ba48559f5d13c76f5f7ff6b002fa96e39c32581d54a5f38","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-13-6-15","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-13-7-2"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}