Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 2544

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

English translation of the principle

Extinctive prescription is interrupted by a judicial demand. What is meant by this demand. - A statement of claim filed concerning a right interrupts prescription only in respect of that right and its accompanying accessories which become due when it becomes due and are extinguished when it is extinguished. - Dismissal of the ancillary civil action removes its effect in interrupting prescription.
Arabic original
التقادم المسقط ينقطع بالمطالبة القضائية. المقصود بهذه المطالبة. - صحيفة الدعوى المرفوعة بحق ما لا تقطع التقادم إلا في خصوص هذا الحق وما لحق به من توابع مما يجب بوجوبه ويسقط بسقوطه. - رفض الدعوى المدنية التابعة يزيل أثرها في قطع التقادم.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٣٤٢/١٩٨٨ تجاري جلسة ١٥/١/١٩٩٠ مج القسم الثاني المجلد الثاني ص٨١٧)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Pleadings — Part Two — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 483. PDF pages: 480.

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