Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 2186

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 conversion into mere items or entries. The effect thereof. Their merger into an indivisible whole giving rise to the balance debt. - A debt entered in a current account is not subject to the prescription governing it before its entry into the current account. It is subject to the prescription prescribed for the balance.
Arabic original
المدفوعات التي تقيد في الحساب الجاري. تحويلها إلى مجرد بنود أو قيود. أثر ذلك. اندماجها في كل لا يتجزأ ينشأ عنه دين الرصيد. - الدين الذي قيد في الحساب الجاري لا يخضع للتقادم الذي يحكمه قبل دخوله الحساب الجاري. خضوعه للتقادم المقرر للرصيد.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٣٠٤/٩٠ تجاري جلسة ٩/٣/١٩٩٢ مج القسم الثالث - المجلد الثاني ص ٢٥٦)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Civil Matters — Volume 11 — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 423. PDF pages: 423.

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