Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 2555

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

English translation of the principle

Abandonment necessitating the barring of the hearing of an action. Its definition in Islamic Sharia. Barring the hearing of an action. Its basis is preventing the judge from hearing it while the right remains with its holder; thus, if it is acknowledged, it becomes binding upon the acknowledger. The debtor's acknowledgment of the creditor's right. What is meant thereby. Its effect in interrupting prescription. No particular form is required for it. - Determining the significance of a document issued by the debtor in acknowledging the debt and its effect in interrupting prescription, and inferring whether or not an acknowledgment of the debt exists. Within the authority of the court of merits, provided that it is reasonable.
Arabic original
الترك الموجب لعدم سماع الدعوى. تعريفه في الشريعة الإسلامية. عدم سماع الدعوى. مبناه منع القاضي من سماعها مع بقاء الحق لصاحبه فإذا أقر به لزمه. إقرار المدين بحق الدائن. المقصود به. أثره في قطع التقادم. لا يشترط له شكل خاص. - بيان دلالة الورقة الصادرة من المدين في الاعتراف بالدين وأثره في قطع التقادم واستخلاص توافر أو عدم توافر الإقرار بالدين. من سلطة محكمة الموضوع مادام سائغاً.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٢١٩/١٩٩٠ تجاري جلسة ٦/١/١٩٩٢ مج القسم الثالث المجلد الثاني ص٨٩٢)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Pleadings — Part Two — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 485. PDF pages: 482.

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