hm... je opmerking onder mijn suggestie is het overdenken waard!
Heb nu niet veel tijd om verder te zoeken, maar vond wel deze twee voorbeelden, die m.i. toch in de richting van 'verrekening' wijzen:
http://construction.practicallaw.com/4-107-7242 :
"(...)
Where a debtor has a cross-claim against a creditor, to the reduction or extinguishment of the creditor’s claim by the amount of his cross-claim. Set-off may be divided into the following categories: ..."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Set-off_(law) :
"(...) Upon judgment, both claims are extinguished and replaced by a single net sum owing (e.g. If Party A owes Party B 100 and Party B owes Party A 105, the two sums are set off and replaced with a single obligation of 5 from Party B to Party A)."
The translation workplace 
