Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 1982

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

English translation of the principle

Force majeure occurring during the period specified for performance of the obligation. Its effect: impossibility of performing the obligation and its extinction. - Cessation of temporary impossibility does not extinguish the obligation but is confined to suspending it until it becomes not inconsistent with the purpose for which the obligation came into existence. Its effect.
Arabic original
القوة القاهرة إذا حلت خلال الفترة المحددة لتنفيذ الالتزام. أثرها: استحالة تنفيذ الالتزام وانقضاؤه. - زوال الاستحالة المؤقتة لا ينقضي بها الالتزام بل تقتصر على وقفه إلى أن يصبح غير متعارض مع الغرض الذي من أجله وجد الالتزام. أثره.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ١٠٣/٢٠٠٧ تجاري جلسة ٩/١٠/٢٠٠٨ مجلة القضاء والقانون - س ٣٦ ج ٣ ص ٤٨)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Civil Matters — Volume 11 — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 376. PDF pages: 376.

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