Lat. In the civU law. Compensation, or set-off. A proceeding re-8embling a set-off in the common law, being a claim on the part of the defendant to have an amount due to him from the plaintiff de-ducted from hls demand. Dig. 16, 2; Inst. 4, 6, 30, 39 ; 3 Bl. Comm. 305
Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)
