Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 1361

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

English translation of the principle

Payments entered in a current account. They lose their characteristics and individual identity and merge into an indivisible whole. The reason. In application of the principle of the cohesion and indivisibility of the current account, they fuse in its crucible and intermingle, giving rise to a single debt, namely the balance debt. The effect of that. The debt is not subject to the limitation period that governed it before its entry into the account, but is subject to the limitation period prescribed for the balance arising from the current account contract, namely limitation under the general rules. A judgment contravening that. Renders it defective and requires its cassation.
Arabic original
المدفوعات التي تقيد في الحساب الجاري. تفقد خصائصها وذاتيتها وتند مج في كل لا يتجزأ. علة ذلك. أنها إعمال لمبدأ تماسك الحساب الجاري وعدم تجزئته تنصهر في بوتقته وتمتزج ببعضها وينشأ عن هذا دين واحد هو دين الرصيد. أثر ذلك. عدم خضوع الدين للتقادم الذي كان يحكمه قبل دخوله الحساب وخضوعه للتقادم المقرر للرصيد الناشئ عن عقد الحساب الجاري وهو التقادم وفقاً للقواعد العامة. مخالفة الحكم ذلك. يعيبه وُيوجب تمييزه.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٧٤٢/٢٠٠١ تجاري جلسة ٩/٦/٢٠٠٢ مج القسم الخامس - المجلد الثامن ص ٦٤١)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Civil Matters — Volume 10 — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 281. PDF pages: 281.

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