Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 1788

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

English translation of the principle

The plea that an action be deemed never to have been brought. A formal plea relating to procedure. It must be raised before addressing the merits. Addressing the merits so as to extinguish the plea. How this occurs. A litigant may not revert to invoking the plea once he has waived it. - Deeming an action never to have been brought for failure to renew it following striking out within ninety days. The plea relating thereto. Its connection to the litigant for whose benefit it was prescribed. The implication thereof. He may waive it expressly or implicitly. Example. - 323 - Procedure
Arabic original
الدفع باعتبار الدعوى كأن لم تكن. دفع شكلي متعلق بالإجراءات. وجوب أن يبدي قبل التعرض للموضوع. التكلم في الموضوع المسقط للدفع. كيف يكون. لا يجوز للخصم أن يعود إلى التمسك بالدفع متى كان قد تنازل عنه. - اعتبار الدعوى كأن لم تكن لعدم تجديدها من الشطب خلال تسعين يوماً. الدفع المتعلق به. اتصاله بالخصم الذي شرع لمصلحته. مؤدى ذلك. أن له التنازل عنه صراحة أو ضمناً. مثال. - ٣٢٣ - المرافعات
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٥٢٥/١٩٩٦ تجاري جلسة ١٩/٢/٢٠٠١ مج القسم الرابع المجلد الرابع ص٦٥٦)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Pleadings — Part Two — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 323. PDF pages: 320.

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