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735 ILCS 5/12-173

(735 ILCS 5/12-173)

Sec. 12-173. (Repealed).

(Source: P.A. 82-280. Repealed by P.A. 99-744, eff. 8-5-16.)

735 ILCS 5/12-174

(735 ILCS 5/12-174)

Sec. 12-174. (Repealed).

(Source: P.A. 82-280. Repealed by P.A. 99-744, eff. 8-5-16.)

735 ILCS 5/12-175

(735 ILCS 5/12-175)

Sec. 12-175. (Repealed).

(Source: P.A. 82-280. Repealed by P.A. 99-744, eff. 8-5-16.)

735 ILCS 5/12-176

(735 ILCS 5/12-176) (from Ch. 110, par. 12-176)

Sec. 12-176.

Judgments between parties.

Judgments between the same
parties may be set off, one against another, if required by either party,
as prescribed in the following Section.

(Source: P.A. 82-280.)

735 ILCS 5/12-177

(735 ILCS 5/12-177) (from Ch. 110, par. 12-177)

Sec. 12-177.

Multiple judgments.

When one of the judgments is delivered
to an officer to be enforced, the debtor therein may deliver his or her
judgment to the same officer, and the officer shall apply it, as far as
it will extend, to the satisfaction of the first judgment, and the balance
due on the larger judgment may be collected and paid in the same manner
as if there had been no set-off.

(Source: P.A. 82-280.)

735 ILCS 5/12-178

(735 ILCS 5/12-178) (from Ch. 110, par. 12-178)

Sec. 12-178.

Cases excepted.

Such set-off shall not be allowed in
the following cases:

1.  When the creditor in one of the judgments is not in the same capacity
and trust as the debtor in the other.

2.  When the sum due on the first judgment was lawfully and in good faith
assigned to another person, before the creditor in the second judgment became
entitled to the sum due thereon.

3.  When there are several creditors in one judgment, and the sum due on
the other is due from a part of them only.

4.  When there are several debtors in one judgment, and the sum due on
the other is due to a part of them only.

5. It shall not be allowed as to so much of the first judgment as is due
to the attorney in that action for his or her fees and disbursements therein.

(Source: P.A. 82-280.)