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It is known as recoupment or offset when a defendant bringsa cross-action against a plaintiff for non-fulfillment by the latter ofsome part of --(a)Physical impossibility excuses, for example, when one does not know whothe persons were before whom one detracted, or cannot recall who theperson was whom one defamed. All agree that the Church may for just reasons dispenseeven in solemn vows. Employers have the duty todiscuss together the failings or imperfections of their employees thatinterfere with the business; s

If the end, the means and the circumstances are not againstright reason, the disputes are lawful or even laudable. But lawfulness requires that oneuse the entire form and the other accompanying prayers as given inone's approved Ritual. The conditions forecclesiastical elections are given in Canons 160 sqq. , the vows of Baptism, the marriagevows), but they are not vows in the strict sense as here understood,for they do n