Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 1665

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

English translation of the principle

An acknowledgment interrupting the bar to hearing an action need not be judicial. It is sufficient that it appear in an instrument written in the acknowledging person's handwriting and bearing his signature, and that it include acknowledgment of the right claimed as presently existing. Article 1674 of the Majalla.
Arabic original
الإقرار القاطع لعدم سماع الدعوى لا يلزم أن يكون قضائياً. كفاية أن يكون وارداً بسند محرر بخط المقر وممهوراً بتوقيعه وأن يكون متضمناً الإقرار الحق المدعي به في الحال. المادة ١٦٧٤ من المجلة.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ١٤٢/١٩٨٣ تجاري جلسة ٢٥/٤/١٩٨٤ مج القسم الأول المجلد الثاني ص٨٠)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Pleadings — Part Two — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 303. PDF pages: 300.

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