Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 1475

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

English translation of the principle

Transfer of debt. Its definition: an agreement to transfer a debt from the liability of the original debtor to a new debtor. By it, the original debtor is discharged. It may be concluded between the creditor and the transferee or between the original debtor and the transferee and approved by the creditor to become effective against him. - The burden of proving it, the transfer, that the creditor approved it. On the original debtor.
Arabic original
حوالة الدين. تعريفها: اتفاق على نقل الدين من ذمة المدين الأصلي إلى مدين جديد. بها تبرأ ذمة المدين الأصلي. قد يبرم بين الدائن والمحال عليه أو بين المدين الأصلي والمحال عليه ويقره الدائن لينفذ في حقه. - عبء إثباته الحوالة أن إقرار الدائن لها. على المدين الأصلي.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ١١/٩١ تجاري جلسة ٣/٥/١٩٩٢ مج القسم الثالث - المجلد الثاني ص ٧٢٨)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Civil Matters — Volume 11 — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 280. PDF pages: 280.

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