Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 2491

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

English translation of the principle

The statement of claim filed in respect of a right interrupts prescription only as regards that right and its attached accessories that become due when it becomes due and lapse when it lapses. - Dismissal of the ancillary civil action removes its effect in interrupting prescription.
Arabic original
صحيفة الدعوى المرفوعة بحق ما لا تقطع التقادم إلاّ في خصوص هذا الحق وما لحق به من توابع مماّ يجب بوجوبه ويسقط بسقوطه. - رفض الدعوى المدنية التابعة يزيل أثرها في قطع التقادم.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٣٤٢/٨٨ تجاري جلسة ١٥/١/١٩٩٠ مج القسم الثاني - المجلد الثاني ص ٢٧٩)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Civil Matters — Volume 11 — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 480. PDF pages: 480.

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