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Decree in suit for account between principal and agent. 17 Special directions as to accounts. 18 Decree in suit for partition of property or separate possession of a share therein. 19 Decree when set-off or counter-claim is allowed. Appeal from decree relating to set-off or counter-claim. 20 Certified copies of judgment and decree to be furnished.
In law, set-off or netting is a legal technique applied between persons or businesses with mutual rights and liabilities, replacing gross positions with net positions. [1] [2] It permits the rights to be used to discharge the liabilities where cross claims exist between a plaintiff and a respondent, the result being that the gross claims of mutual debt produce a single net claim. [3]
The process of civil litigation, in the Indian context, is regularized by the provisions of Code of Civil Procedure. The code is silent about procedures to be adopted for Plaint checking. However, circulars issued by the High Courts regulate intervention of office in fault-finding process at different stages of the suit. [4]
In a court of law, a party's claim is a counterclaim if one party asserts claims in response to the claims of another. In other words, if a plaintiff initiates a lawsuit and a defendant responds to the lawsuit with claims of their own against the plaintiff, the defendant's claims are "counterclaims." Examples of counterclaims include:
The rules provide that a party may file a counterclaim against the plaintiff. A counterclaim is often called a claim in reconvention. The same rules apply as those in the claim in convention. [80] The plea and counterclaim are set out in the same document or in two separate documents, filed and served at the same time.
Here are some steps to consider taking in appealing an auto insurance claim decision: Gather evidence: Review any documentation provided by the insurance company and gather the evidence you need ...
Most countries make a clear distinction between civil and criminal procedure. For example, a criminal court may force a convicted defendant to pay a fine as punishment for their crime, and the legal costs of both the prosecution and defence. But the victim of the crime generally pursues their claim for compensation in a civil, not a criminal ...
In the U.S. legal system, service of process is the procedure by which a party to a lawsuit gives an appropriate notice of initial legal action to another party (such as a defendant), court, or administrative body in an effort to exercise jurisdiction over that person so as to force that person to respond to the proceeding in a court, body, or other tribunal.