Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 992
State of Kuwait · Civil Matters — Volume 10 · Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office
English translation of the principle
A right subject to a term. A fully existing right whose enforceability follows upon expiry of the term. Its implication: an obligation subject to a term that has not yet expired is not due for performance unless the person for whose benefit the term was stipulated waives it. - The judgment's ordering the female appellant to pay half the value of the loan on the basis that she had not submitted evidence of having repaid it, whether to the respondent or to the bank, which stated that the loan was being deducted from the respondent's account. This does not constitute an adequate response to the female appellant's defence that the loan is repayable in instalments not yet due and that the respondent had not repaid the value of the loan. It vitiates the judgment by violation of the law and deficient reasoning and necessitates its cassation. A right subject to a suspensive term:
Arabic original
الحق المقترن بأجل. حق كامل الوجود نفاذه يترتب على حلول الأجل. مؤدى ذلك: أن الالتزام المضاف إلى أجل دون أن يحل أجله لا يكون حال الأداء ما لم يتنازل عنه من تقرر لمصلحته. - الزام الحكم الطاعنة بسداد نصف قيمة القرض استناداً لعدم تقديمها ما يفيد سدادها له سواء للمطعون ضده أو للبنك الذي أفاد بأن القرض يجرى خصمه من حساب المطعون ضده. لا يصلح رداً لدفاع الطاعنة بأن القرض يسدد على أقساط لم يحل أجلها بعد وأن المطعون ضده لم يسدد قيمة القرض. يعيبه بمخالفة القانون والقصور في التسبيب ويُوجب تمييزه. الحق المقترن بأجل واقف:Original Arabic judgment citations
(الطعنان ٩١٧/٢٠٠٦، ٣/٢٠٠٧ مدني جلسة ٧/١١/٢٠٠٧ مجلة القضاء والقانون - س ٣٥ ج ٣ ص ٤٢٠)
Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Civil Matters — Volume 10 — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 215. PDF pages: 215.
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