Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 2164

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. Lose their characteristics and individuality and merge into an indivisible whole. Reason therefor. In application of the principle of the cohesion and indivisibility of the current account, they fuse in its crucible and intermingle, giving rise to a single debt, namely the balance debt. Effect thereof. The debt is not subject to the limitation period that governed it before - 418 - Obligation its entry into the account, and is subject to the limitation period prescribed for the balance arising from the current account contract, namely limitation under the general rules. A judgment contravening this. Renders it defective and necessitates its cassation.
Arabic original
المدفوعات التي تقيد في الحساب الجاري. تفقد خصائصها وذاتيتها وتندمج في كل لا يتجزأ. علة ذلك. إنها إعمال لمبدأ تماسك الحساب الجاري وعدم تجزئته تنصهر في بوتقته وتمتزج ببعضها وينشأ عن هذا دين واحد هو دين الرصيد. أثر ذلك. عدم خضوع الدين للتقادم الذي كان يحكمه قبل - ٤١٨ - التزام دخوله الحساب وخضوعه للتقادم المقرر للرصيد الناشئ عن عقد الحساب الجاري وهو التقادم وفقاً للقواعد العامة. مخالفة الحكم ذلك. يعيبه ويُوجب تمييزه.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٧٤٢/٢٠٠١ تجاري جلسة ٩/٦/٢٠٠٢ 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: 418–419.

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