Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 2512

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

English translation of the principle

Extinctive prescription is interrupted by a judicial claim, and not before a court lacking jurisdiction. A final judgment dismissing it. Its effect. Removal of its effect in interrupting prescription, deeming prescription never to have occurred, and continuation of the prescription that had begun before it was brought. Example. - 483 - Obligation
Arabic original
التقادم المسقط ينقطع بالمطالبة القضائية ولم أمام محكمة غير مختصة. الحكم النهائي برفضها. أثره. زوال أثرها في قطع التقادم واعتبار التقادم كأن لم يكن واستمرار التقادم الذي كان قد بدأ قبل رفعها. مثال. - ٤٨٣ - التزام
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٥٧/١٩٩٦ تجاري جلسة ٢٧/١/١٩٩٧ مج القسم الرابع - المجلد الثالث ص ٤٩٨)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Civil Matters — Volume 11 — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 483. PDF pages: 483.

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