Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 1845

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

English translation of the principle

The rule that merely entering an obligation in the current account is not considered a novation thereof until the account balance is struck. The criterion for its applicability. The intention of the parties to the account being directed toward entering the debts existing between them therein, whereupon the original obligation is extinguished. Application of this rule is confined to the relationship between the parties to the account.
Arabic original
قاعدة عدم اعتبار مجرد قيد الالتزام في الحساب الجاري تجديداً له حتى يقطع رصيد الحساب. مناط توافرها. انصراف نية طرفي الحساب إلى إدخال الديون القائمة بينهما فيه فينقضي الالتزام الأصلي. اقتصار إعمال هذه القاعدة على العلاقة بين طرفي الحساب.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٩٦/٩٣ تجاري جلسة ٢٠/٤/١٩٩٤ مج القسم الثالث - المجلد الأول ص ٧١٣)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Civil Matters — Volume 11 — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 353. PDF pages: 353.

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