Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 620

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

English translation of the principle

Invalidity or voidability of the secured obligation. Its effect. The surety's obligation acquires the same character. Rationale therefor: the surety's obligation is accessory to the principal obligation as to validity and invalidity. Exception thereto: suretyship for the obligation of a person of diminished capacity by reason of that diminished capacity. - Establishing the surety's knowledge of the diminished capacity of the debtor whose obligation is secured and that the suretyship was given by reason of that diminished capacity, and negating the same. Within the exclusive determination of the trial court, provided it is reasonable. Example.
Arabic original
بطلان الالتزام المكفول أو قابليته للإبطال. أثره. اكتساب التزام الكفيل ذات الصفة. علة ذلك: تبعية التزام الكفيل للالتزام الأصلي صحة وبطلاناً. يستثنى من ذلك: كفالة التزام ناقص الأهلية بسبب نقصها. - ثبوت علم الكفيل بنقص أهلية المدين المكفول وأن الكفالة بسبب نقص الأهلية ونفي ذلك. تستقل به محكمة الموضوع ما دام سائغاً. مثال.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ١٢٢/٨٦ تجاري جلسة ٣١/١٢/١٩٨٦ مج القسم الثاني- المجلد الأول ص ٦٢٦)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Civil Matters — Volume 10 — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 140. PDF pages: 140.

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