Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 2163

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

English translation of the principle

Payments entered in a current account. Their merger into an indivisible whole, giving rise to a single debt, namely the balance debt. Its effect. This debt is not subject to the prescription that governed it before entry into the account, and is subject to the ordinary prescription prescribed for the balance arising from the current-account contract.
Arabic original
المدفوعات المقيدة في الحساب الجاري. اندماجها في كل لا يتجزأ وينشأ عنها دين واحد هو دين الرصيد. أثره. عدم خضوع هذا الدين للتقادم الذي كان يحكمه قبل دخول الحساب وخضوعه للتقادم العادي المقرر للرصيد الناشئ عن عقد الحساب الجاري.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٧٣٧/٢٠٠١ تجاري جلسة ٢٦/٥/٢٠٠٢ مج القسم الخامس - المجلد الرابع ص ٦٤١)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Civil Matters — Volume 11 — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 418. PDF pages: 418.

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