Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 958

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

English translation of the principle

Reciprocal obligations due for performance. The right of each contracting party to plead non-performance or to withhold what he is obliged to render to the other contracting party. The condition for this: the other contracting party’s failure to perform his obligation.
Arabic original
الالتزامات المتقابلة المستحقة الوفاء. حق كل من المتعاقدين في الدفع بعدم تنفيذها أو في حبس ما هو ملزم بأدائه للمتعاقد الآخر. شرط ذلك: قعود المتعاقد الآخر عن تنفيذ التزامه.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٦١٧/٢٠٠٧ مدني جلسة ٣١/١٢/٢٠٠٨ مجلة القضاء والقانون - س ٣٦ ج ٣ ص ٥١٦)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Civil Matters — Volume 10 — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 207. PDF pages: 207.

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