{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-1-540","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 1-540","heading":"By agreement receipt of less sum is discharge.","body":"In all claims, or money demands, of whatever kind, and howsoever due, where an agreement is made and accepted for a less amount than that demanded or claimed to be due, in satisfaction thereof, the payment of the less amount according to such agreement in compromise of the whole is a full and complete discharge of the same. (1874-5, c. 178; Code, s. 574; Rev., s. 859; C.S., s. 895.)","path":["Chapter 1. Civil Procedure.","SUBCHAPTER XV. INCIDENTAL PROCEDURE IN CIVIL ACTIONS.","Article 44. Compromise."],"source_url":"https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_1/GS_1-540.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T17:54:12Z","sha256":"ea596f05621aa5f9ce972aa5f3b088030b35cf3c9969fd18f704cfbf775a3cc8","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-1-539.27","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-1-540.1"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}