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  "heading": "Tender and acceptance of less than the amount of the claim",
  "text": "A compromise is also made when the claimant of a disputed or unliquidated claim, regardless of the extent of his claim, accepts a payment that the other party tenders with the clearly expressed written condition that acceptance of the payment will extinguish the obligation.",
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