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Code · New Jersey · Title 14A — Corporations, General · Chapter 14

14A:14-8. Rights of debtors; setoff; counterclaim

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(1)In all cases of mutual debts or mutual credits between the corporation and a creditor, the account shall be stated and one debt shall be set off against the other, and the balance only shall be allowed or paid.
(2)A right of setoff or counterclaim shall not be allowed in favor of any debtor of the corporation if it was acquired by such debtor after the commencement of the receivership action, or within four months before such commencement, with a view to such use and with knowledge or notice that the corporation was insolvent.
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