Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 4434
State of Kuwait · Pleadings — Part Two · Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office
English translation of the principle
Reciprocal obligations due for performance. The right of each contracting party to plead non-performance thereof or to withhold what he is obliged to render to the other contracting party. The condition thereof: the other contracting party’s failure to perform his obligation. - The plea that the action may not be heard:-
Arabic original
الالتزامات المتقابلة المستحقة الوفاء. حق كل من المتعاقدين في الدفع بعدم تنفيذها أو في حبس ما هو ملزم بأدائه للمتعاقد الآخر. شرط ذلك: قعود المتعاقد الآخر عن تنفيذ التزامه. - الدفع بعدم سماع الدعوى:-Original Arabic judgment citations
(الطعن ٦١٧/٢٠٠٧ مدني جلسة ٣١/١٢/٢٠٠٨ مجلة القضاء والقانون س٣٦ ج٣ ص٥١٦)
Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Pleadings — Part Two — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 815. PDF pages: 812.
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