Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 1482

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

English translation of the principle

An assignment of debt is an agreement to transfer the debt from the liability of the original debtor to that of a new debtor, with its attributes, guarantees and defenses, from the time the assignment becomes effective, and the original debtor is definitively discharged from the debt.
Arabic original
حوالة الدين هي اتفاق على نقل الدين من ذمة المدين الأصلي إلى ذمة مدين جديد بصفاته وضماناته ودفوعه من وقت نفاذها وتبرأ ذمة المدين الأصلي من الدين براءة نهائية.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٨١/٨٩ تجاري جلسة ٢/١١/١٩٩٨ مج القسم الرابع - المجلد الرابع ص ٣٨٩) (والطعن ٣٧٢/٩٨ تجاري جلسة ٣/١/١٩٩٩ مج القسم الرابع - المجلد الرابع ص ٣٨٩)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Civil Matters — Volume 11 — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 281. PDF pages: 281.

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