Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 1116

State of Kuwait · Civil Matters — Volume 11 · Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office

English translation of the principle

In contracts binding on both parties, the creditor has the right to confine himself to refraining from performing his obligation if the other contracting party has not fulfilled what he undertook, and the two obligations are reciprocal and due for performance.
Arabic original
للدائن في العقود الملزمة للجانبين الحق في أن يقتصر على الامتناع عن تنفيذ التزامه إذا لم يقم المتعاقد الآخر بالوفاء بما التزم به وكان الالتزامان متقابلان ومستحقي الأداء.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٧٠/٨٣ تجاري جلسة ١٤/١٢/١٩٨٣ مج القسم الأول - المجلد الأول ص ٣٠٦)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Civil Matters — Volume 11 — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 215. PDF pages: 215.

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