'Accord and satisfaction' discharges a disputed obligation when:

Giải thích

Accord and satisfaction discharges a disputed or unliquidated obligation when the parties reach a new agreement (the accord) to accept a different, often lesser, performance in full settlement, and that substitute performance is actually rendered (the satisfaction). For example, cashing a check marked 'payment in full' on a genuinely disputed amount can complete an accord and satisfaction. It is not merely ignoring a debt, a court order, or an agreement to arbitrate.