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Article 508Set-Offs Using a Claim Extinguished by Prescription as Claim Used to Assert Set-Off

第五百八条(時効により消滅した債権を自働債権とする相殺)

If a claim extinguished by prescription was eligible for set-off before its extinguishment, the obligee may use that claim for the set-off.

時効によって消滅した債権がその消滅以前に相殺に適するようになっていた場合には、その債権者は、相殺をすることができる。

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