Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 1295

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

English translation of the principle

The final claims in the action are decisive, not those contained in its statement of claim. - The appellant's limitation of her claims in the final memorandum to an award of waiting-period maintenance and consolatory compensation, excluding the deferred dowry. The judgment's award to her of only those two. Correct. The reason therefor. Example.
Arabic original
العبرة بالطلبات الختامية في الدعوى وليس بتلك التي تضمنتها صحيفتها. - قصر الطاعنة طلباتها بالمذكرة الختامية على القضاء لها بنفقة العدة والمتعة دون مؤخر الصداق. قضاء الحكم لها بهما فقط. صحيح. علة ذلك. مثال.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ١٦٧/٢٠٠١ أحوال شخصية جلسة ٢٣/٦/٢٠٠٢ مج القسم الخامس المجلد السابع ص١٧٧)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Pleadings — Part Two — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 239. PDF pages: 236.

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