Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 533

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

English translation of the principle

Loss of a bodily organ together with its function requires diya for the organ, not for the function. The reason for this. - Multiple functions of an organ. Loss of one as a result of the loss of another or the loss of the organ. Its effect. No multiplicity of diyas. Example.
Arabic original
ذهاب العضو بمنفعته تجب فيه دية العضو دون المنفعة. علة ذلك. - تعدد منافع العضو. فقد إحداها نتيجة لزوال أخرى أو فقد العضو. أثره. عدم تعدد الديات. مثال.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ١٥٨/٨٨ تجاري جلسة ٩/١/١٩٨٩ مج القسم الثاني - المجلد الثاني ص ٩٢٤)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Civil Matters — Volume 11 — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 108. PDF pages: 108.

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