Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 2875

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

English translation of the principle

The provision in Article 202 of the Civil Code for transfer of obligations connected with property to a particular successor. Its scope of application is the predecessor’s obligations connected with the property forming the subject matter of the contract in a manner making them among - 558 - Sale its determinants—not those connected with the person of the contracting party—such that they narrow the scope of, or delimit, its enjoyment; these are obligations in rem, or those limiting its use or imposing restrictions regulating its enjoyment.
Arabic original
النص في المادة ٢٠٢ من القانون المدني على انتقال الالتزامات المتصلة بالمال إلى الخلف الخاص. نطاق إعماله هو التزامات السلف المتصلة بالمال موضوع التعاقد على نحو يجعلها من - 558 - بيع محدداته - دون المتصلة بشخص المتعاقد - بحيث تكون مضيقة لمجال أو محددة للانتفاع به وهي الالتزامات العينية أو ما يحد من استعماله أو تفرض قيوداً تنظيم الانتفاع به.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٩٩٥/٢٠٠٩ مدني جلسة ١٨/٤/٢٠١١ مجلة القضاء والقانون - س ٣٩ ج ٢ ص ٢٥١)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Civil Matters — Volume 11 — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. PDF pages: 558–559.

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