After the one party has issued a notification of set-off the other party may, provided it acts forthwith, deprive the notification of its effect by using its own right to set-off, but only if in so doing the set-off would relate back to an earlier moment.
Civil Code
2015 English source edition · Current applicability not established.
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Article 1529
One’s Own Right to Set-Off · Preserved transcription; page attribution imported from the source collection. Verify against the original.