Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 2478

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

English translation of the principle

Acknowledgment of a debt. Its effect. Interruption of limitation and commencement of a new limitation period equal in length to the first. Its conversion into a long limitation period if the acknowledgment is embodied in an instrument sufficient in itself to establish the right. - 478 - Obligation
Arabic original
الإقرار بالدين. أثره. قطع التقادم وبدء سريان تقادم جديد تكون مدته مساوية للتقادم الأول. تحوله إلى تقادم طويل إذا أفرغ الإقرار في سند يكفي بذاته لإثبات الحق. - ٤٧٨ - التزام
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعنان ٩٥، ٩٦/٨٢ تجاري جلسة ١٦/٢/١٩٨٣ مج القسم الأول - المجلد الأول ص ٥٥١)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Civil Matters — Volume 11 — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 478. PDF pages: 478.

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