Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 4305

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

English translation of the principle

The negotiable-instrument obligation and the underlying obligation in commercial instruments. Their source is one. Effect thereof. Defences arising from the underlying obligation between the debtor and his immediate creditor extend to the negotiable-instrument obligation, necessarily meaning that the debtor under such instruments, including a cheque, may invoke the same defences by which he can defeat the underlying action. Therewith.
Arabic original
الالتزام الصرفي والالتزام الأصلي في الأوراق التجارية. مصدرهما واحد. أثر ذلك. انتقال الدفوع الناشئة عن الالتزام الأصلي فيما بين المدين ودائنه المباشر إلى الالتزام الصرفي بما لازمه أن للمدين فيها ومنها الشيك التمسك بذات الدفوع التي يستطيع دفع الدعوى الأصلية. بها.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٧٦/١٩٩٢ تجاري جلسة ٢٠/٢/١٩٩٤ مج القسم الثالث المجلد الثاني ص٩٨٧)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Pleadings — Part Two — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 793. PDF pages: 790.

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