{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-13-7-2","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 13-7-2","heading":"Nature of recoupment generally.","body":"Recoupment is a right of the defendant to have a deduction from the amount of the plaintiff’s damages for the reason that the plaintiff has not complied with the cross-obligations or independent covenants arising under the contract upon which suit is brought.","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":"30653f13ae736a7969ccee9dd8abdf70e80fa97aef4fab2cc92ae9807c3a2cea","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-13-7-1","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-13-7-3"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}