Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 2496

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

English translation of the principle

Abandonment requiring an action not to be heard. Its definition in Islamic Sharia. - Non-hearing of an action. Its basis is to prevent the judge from hearing it while the right remains vested in its holder; if it is acknowledged, it becomes binding upon the acknowledging party. The debtor’s acknowledgment of the creditor’s right. What is meant thereby. Its effect in interrupting limitation. No particular form is required for it. - Determining the significance of a document issued by the debtor in acknowledging the debt and its effect in interrupting limitation, and inferring the existence or absence of an acknowledgment of the debt. Within the authority of the court of merits, provided it is reasonable.
Arabic original
الترك الموجب لعدم سماع الدعوى. تعريفه في الشريعة الإسلامية. - عدم سماع الدعوى. مبناه منع القاضي من سماعها مع بقاء الحق لصاحبها فإذا أقربه لزمه. إقرار المدين بحق الدائن. المقصود به. أثره في قطع التقادم. لا يشترط له شكلاً خاصاً. - بيان دلالة الورقة الصادرة من المدين في الاعتراف بالدين وأثره في قطع التقادم واستخلاص توافر أو عدم توافر الإقرار بالدين. من سلطة محكمة الموضوع ما دام سائغاً.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ١٥٧/٩٠ تجاري جلسة ٢٦/١/١٩٩٢ مج القسم الثالث - المجلد الثاني ص ٢٧٥)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Civil Matters — Volume 11 — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 481. PDF pages: 481.

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