{"data":{"id":"us-nh/rsa-515-14","jurisdiction":"us-nh","citation":"RSA 515:14","heading":"Setoff Exceeding Jurisdiction.","body":"If, in an action before a municipal court, the defendant pleads a setoff or files a setoff with the general issue which exceeds the jurisdiction of the court, and accompanies it with an affidavit that the claims mentioned in the setoff are, in his belief, justly due and owing to him, no further proceedings shall be had before the municipal court than to record the plea and setoff, and, if the plaintiff so elects, to enter a nonsuit.","path":["Title LIII: PROCEEDINGS IN COURT","Chapter 515: TENDER, PLEADING, AND SETOFF","In Municipal Courts"],"source_url":"https://gc.nh.gov/rsa/html/LIII/515/515-14.htm","current_through":"2025 regular legislative session, or December 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T16:51:49Z","sha256":"eb54f7f478c5cd6155567581d812b0eb3be78ba0535ba6334f48a071ad2cab2b","source_id":"us-nh","stale":false,"prev":"us-nh/rsa-515-13-a","next":"us-nh/rsa-515-15"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}