Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 255

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

English translation of the principle

The plea that the action or appeal be deemed never to have existed. A procedural plea relating to procedure which must be raised before addressing the merits; otherwise, the right to raise it lapses. - Addressing the merits which extinguishes the procedural plea. Example of what is not considered such.
Arabic original
الدفع باعتبار الدعوى أو الاستئناف كأن لم يكن. من الدفوع الشكلية المتعلقة بالإجراءات يتعين إبداؤه قبل التعرض للموضوع وإلا سقط الحق في إبدائه. - التكلم في الموضوع المسقط للدفع الشكلي. مثال لما لا يعد كذلك.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٥٢/١٩٩٨ تجاري جلسة ١١/١١/١٩٩٨ مج القسم الرابع المجلد الأول ص٤٥١)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Pleadings — Part Two — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 50. PDF pages: 47.

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