County Officers and Courts (Ireland) Act, 1877

Cross decrees may be set off.

63. If cross decrees of any Civil Bill Court shall be pronounced or made between the same parties, or shall be at the same time unexecuted or only partially executed, the chairman may, on the application of either party, order that such decrees shall be set off against each other, and if of unequal amount, that that decree only upon which the larger sum shall be due shall be issued or executed, as the case may be, and that the same shall be issued or executed only for such sum as shall remain after deducting the sum due upon the other decree.