Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 700

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

English translation of the principle

The bar to hearing an action by lapse of time under the Majalla of Judicial Provisions. Its application to actions concerning ownership, real property and inheritance just as it applies to debt actions. Sharia-recognized excuses, such as lack or deficiency of capacity and circumstances that make it difficult for the right-holder to assert the right judicially. An impediment to the running of the statutory period barring the hearing of an action by lapse of time. Other excuses falling short of that degree of difficulty. They may not be regarded as excuses preventing the limitation period from running. His domicile:
Arabic original
عدم سماع الدعوى لمرور الزمان في مجلة الأحكام العدلية. سريانه على دعوى الملك والعقار والميراث شأنها شأن سريانه على دعوى الدين. الأعذار الشرعية كفقد الأهلية أو نقصها وما يشق على صاحب الحق بسببه الإدعاء به قضاء.ً مانع من سريان المدة القانونية لعدم سماع الدعوى لمرور الزمان. ما دون ذلك من أعذار لا تبلغ تلك المرتبة من المشقة. عدم جواز اعتباره عذراً مانعاً من سريان مدة التقادم. موطنه:
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعون ٨٣٥، ٨٤١، ٨٤٤، ٨٥٠، ٨٥٩، ٨٦٢/٢٠٠٩ أحوال شخصية جلسة ١٢/١٢/٢٠١١ مجلة القضاء والقانون - س٣٩ ج٣ ص٣٥٤)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Civil Matters — Volume 10 — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 156. PDF pages: 156.

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