Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 262

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

English translation of the principle

A judgment rendered in the absence of the person required to take the decisive oath. Its operative part must be served upon him. Article 68 of the Evidence Law. The provision concerning service is unqualified, without requiring personal service. The effect: recourse must be had to the general rules of service. The judgment’s requirement that service be made personally upon the litigant. A narrowing of the generality of the provision and restriction of its unqualified terms, requiring its cassation. An example.
Arabic original
الحكم الصادر في غيبة المكلف بحلف اليمين الحاسمة. وجوب إعلان منطوقه إليه. م ٦٨ من قانون الإثبات. ورود النص على الإعلان مطلقاً دون استلزام أن يكون لشخصه. أثر ذلك: وجوب الرجوع إلى القواعد العامة في الإعلان. اشتراط الحكم وجوب الإعلان لشخص الخصم. تخصيص لعموم النص وتقييد لمطلقة بما يوجب تمييزه. مثال.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٤٥٠/٩٧ تجاري جلسة ٢٢/٢/١٩٩٨ مج القسم الرابع - المجلد الخامس ص ٧٣٠)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Civil Matters — Volume 10 — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 56. PDF pages: 56.

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