Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 3979

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

English translation of the principle

The surety’s obligation. An obligation accessory to the principal obligation. - Suretyship is a contract whereby a person joins his liability to that of the debtor in performing an obligation incumbent upon the latter, by undertaking to the creditor to perform it if the debtor does not.
Arabic original
التزام الكفيل. التزام تابع للالتزام الأصلي. - الكفالة عقد بمقتضاه يضم شخص ذمته إلى ذمة المدين في تنفيذ التزام عليه بأن يتعهد للدائن بأدائه إذ لم يؤده المدين.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعون ٣٣، ٣٦، ٣٩/٩٥ تجاري جلسة ١٩/١١/١٩٩٥ مج القسم الثالث - المجلد الثالث ص ٥٣٦)

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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