Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 1109

State of Kuwait · Civil Matters — Volume 10 · Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office

English translation of the principle

Abandonment warranting non-hearing of the action. Its definition in Islamic Sharia. Non-hearing of the action. Its basis. Preventing the judge from hearing it while the right remains with its holder, such that if it is acknowledged, it becomes binding upon the acknowledger. The debtor’s acknowledgment of the creditor’s right. What is meant thereby. Its effect in interrupting prescription. No particular form is required for it. - Determining the significance of a document issued by the debtor as an acknowledgment of the debt and its effect in interrupting prescription, and inferring the existence or absence of acknowledgment of the debt. Within the authority of the court of fact, provided its inference is reasonable.
Arabic original
الترك الموجب لعدم سماع الدعوى. تعريفه في الشريعة الإسلامية. عدم سماع الدعوى. مبناه. منع القاضي من سماعها مع بقاء الحق لصاحبها فإذا أقربه لزمه. إقرار المدين بحق الدائن. المقصود به. أثره في قطع التقادم. لا يشترط له شكل خاص. - بيان دلالة الورقة الصادرة من المدين في الاعتراف بالدين وأثره في قطع التقادم واستخلاص توافر أو عدم توافر الإقرار بالدين. من سلطة محكمة الموضوع ما دام سائغاً.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٢١٨/٩٠ تجاري جلسة ٦/١/١٩٩٢ مج القسم الثالث - المجلد الثالث ص ٥٩٧)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Civil Matters — Volume 10 — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 236. PDF pages: 236.

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