Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 3976

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

English translation of the principle

Performance is rendered by the very thing owed. The creditor and debtor may agree that performance shall be by something else in lieu of the debt. Effect thereof: extinguishment of the debt by substituted performance, discharge of the debtor, and extinguishment of the securities for the debt.
Arabic original
الوفاء يكون بذات الدين. جواز اتفاق الدائن والمدين على أن يكون الوفاء بشيء آخر مقابل الدين. أثر ذلك: انقضاء الدين بالوفاء بمقابل وبراءة ذمة المدين وانقضاء تأمينات الدين.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعون ١٠٨، ١١٤، ١١٦/٩٣ تجاري جلسة ٣١/١/١٩٩٤ مج القسم الثالث - المجلد الثالث ص ٥٣٥)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Civil Matters — Volume 11 — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. PDF pages: 779.

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