Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 1312

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

English translation of the principle

Judicial demand. Its nature: a procedure directed to the court against the defendant, by which the scope of the action is determined in relation to the litigants and the judge. - Determining the scope of the action. A matter of fact. Within the authority of the court of merits. Its condition. That it rely in this respect on reasonable considerations capable of leading to the conclusion it reached, and that its interpretation of the wording in which the claims were formulated be one that accommodates what it derived therefrom, without departing from its apparent meaning.
Arabic original
المطالبة القضائية. ماهيتها: إجراء يُوجه إلى المحكمة في مواجهة المدعى عليه وبها يتحدد نطاق الدعوى بالنسبة للخصوم والقاضي. - تحديد نطاق الدعوى. واقع. من سلطة محكمة الموضوع. شرطه. اعتماده في ذلك على اعتبارات سائغة من شأنها أن تؤدى إلى النتيجة التي انتهى إليها وأن يكون تفسيره للعبارات التي صيغت بها الطلبات مما تحتمل ما حصله منها ودون خروج عن معناها الظاهر.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ١٣١٩/٢٠٠٤ تجاري جلسة ١٢/١٠/٢٠٠٥ مج القسم الخامس المجلد السابع ص١٨٥)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Pleadings — Part Two — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 242. PDF pages: 239.

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