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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]
Set-off may refer to: Set-off (architecture), horizontal line shown on a floorplan indicating a reduced wall thickness, and consequently the part of the thicker portion appears projecting before the thinner; Set-off (law), reduction of a claim by deducting the amount of a valid countervailing claim
In architecture and masonry, the term set-off or off-set is given to the part of a wall or other architectural feature, which is exposed when the portion above is of a reduced thickness. [1] In plinths, this is generally simply chamfered. In other parts of stonework, the set-off is generally concealed by a projecting string course.
(informal) old man; (informal) boss; football manager (US: soccer coach); Also in US: (professional) chief electrician on a theatrical or film set. gangway * a path between the rows of seats in a theatre or elsewhere (US aisle ; gangway is a naval command to make a path for an officer)
The footpath to Cambridge that runs beside Grantchester Meadows [7] is nicknamed the Grantchester Grind. [5] Grantchester Grind is the title of a 1995 comic novel written by Tom Sharpe . [ 8 ] Further upstream is Byron's Pool , named after Lord Byron , who is said (by Brooke, at least) to have swum there. [ 9 ]
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In printing, set-off is the term given to the unwanted transfer of ink from one printed sheet to another. The problem can occur with most types of printing, and is avoided by the use of slipsheets between copies (so any ink transfer occurs onto discardable paper) or anti-set-off spray powder .
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