Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 165

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

English translation of the principle

Judicial set-off. How it is raised. It is not a condition for effecting it that each of the two debts be undisputed and of a known amount. Example.
Arabic original
المقاصة القضائية. كيف تبدى. لا يشترط لإجرائها أن يكون كل من الدينين خالياً من النزاع ومعلوم المقدار. مثال.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٤٨، ٥٤/١٩٩٩ عمالي جلسة ٣١/١/٢٠٠٠ مج القسم الرابع المجلد الأول ص٤١٦)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Pleadings — Part Two — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 33. PDF pages: 30.

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