9.01 To be able to subtract the content of one claim from another, the claims must be of the same kind. Throughout history, set-off regimes required a similarity of kind; thus, a money claim could be set off only against a money claim, a debt for the delivery of grain only against a claim for the delivery of grain of the same kind.1 Nowadays, all legal systems on the continent and under English law require similarity of kind;2 however, regimes may differ on what is to be considered similarity of kind. This is especially true for claims in different currencies...
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