Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 1614

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

English translation of the principle

The plaintiff's failure to resume his action or the appellant's failure to resume his appeal within the prescribed time limit after a stay by agreement. Its sanction. The plaintiff is deemed to have abandoned his action and the appellant to have abandoned his appeal. This sanction operates by force of law without any discretion for the court. An example.
Arabic original
عدم تعجيل المدعي لدعواه أو المستأنف لاستئنافه في الميعاد المقرر بعد الوقف الاتفاقي. جزاؤه. اعتبار المدعي تاركاً لدعواه والمستأنف تاركاً لاستئنافه. وقوع هذا الجزاء بقوة القانون دون سلطة تقديرية للمحكمة. مثال.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ١٠٢/١٩٩٢ تجاري جلسة ١٨/١/١٩٩٣ مج القسم الثالث المجلد الثاني ص٨٦٨)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Pleadings — Part Two — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 294. PDF pages: 291.

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