Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 1153

State of Kuwait · Pleadings — Part One · Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office

English translation of the principle

An acknowledgment interrupting the period barring the hearing of an action need not be judicial. It is sufficient that it appear in an instrument written in the acknowledger’s handwriting, bearing his signature, and containing acknowledgment of the right claimed as presently existing. Article 4 of the Majalla. Example concerning a letter from the Municipality’s Violations and Bonds Authority.
Arabic original
الإقرار القاطع لعدم سماع الدعوى لا يلزم أن يكون قضائياً. كفاية أن يكون وارداً في سند محرر بخط المُقر، وممهوراً بتوقيعه، وأن يكون متضمناً الإقرار بالحق المدعى به في الحال. مادة ٤ من المجلة. مثال بشأن كتاب هيئة المخالفات والسندات بالبلدية.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ١٤٢/١٩٨٣ تجاري جلسة ٢٥/٤/١٩٨٤ مج القسم الأول المجلد الأول ص ٣٦٥)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Pleadings — Part One — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 592. PDF pages: 586.

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