Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 264

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

English translation of the principle

The plea that the 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 that forfeits the plea. How this occurs. A party may not revert to asserting the plea once it has been waived. - The request that the action be deemed never to have been brought for failure to reinstate it within ninety days of its striking out. The plea relating thereto: its connection to the party for whose benefit it was prescribed. The implication thereof. That the party may waive it expressly or implicitly. An example.
Arabic original
الدفع باعتبار الدعوى كأن لم تكن. دفع شكلي متعلق بالإجراءات. وجوب أن يُبدى قبل التعرض للموضوع. التكلم في الموضوع المسقط للدفع. كيف يكون. لا يجوز للخصم أن يعود إلى التمسك بالدفع متى كان قد تنازل عنه. - طلب 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 ضماً. مثال.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٥٢٥/١٩٩٩ تجاري جلسة ٩/٢/٢٠٠١ مج القسم الرابع المجلد الأول ص٤٥٧)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Pleadings — Part Two — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 51. PDF pages: 48.

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