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Conn. Practice Book § 10-54

Pleading of Counterclaim

activein force · 2026-01-01 – presentact-effective-date

and Setoff

In any case in which the defendant has either

in law or in equity or in both a counterclaim, or

right of setoff, against the plaintiff’s demand, the

defendant may have the benefit of any such setoff

or counterclaim by pleading the same as such in

the answer, and demanding judgment accord -

ingly; and the same shall be pleaded and replied

to according to the rules governing complaints

and answers. (See General Statutes §§ 52-139

to 52-142.)

History

(P.B. 1978-1997, Sec. 168.)

Provenance

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