Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 4445

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

English translation of the principle

An heir's acknowledgment is evidence binding only upon the acknowledging party. It does not interrupt limitation or waive it after the right thereto has vested with respect to the remaining heirs if one of them waives it. - An acknowledgment of the debt by one heir. Does not operate against the remaining heirs. Article 357 of the Civil Code. - The challenged judgment's rejection of the plea that the action may not be heard raised by the appellant, based on an acknowledgment by heirs of the first respondent's entitlement to the amount awarded, as indicating a waiver by both of them and the remaining heirs of the plea that the action may not be heard. An error in applying the law requiring its cassation. - The plea that an action to establish marriage may not be heard:-
Arabic original
إقرار الوارث حجة قاصرة على المقر. لا يترتب عليه قطع التقادم أو النزول عنه بعد ثبوت الحق فيه بالنسبة لباقي الورثة إذا ما نزل عنه أحدهم. - إقرار أحد الورثة بالدين. لا يسرى في حق باقي الورثة. م ٣٥٧ مدني. - قضاء الحكم المطعون فيه برفض الدفع بعدم سماع الدعوى المبدي من الطاعن تأسيساً على إقرار من الورثة بأحقية المطعون ضده الأول للمبلغ المحكوم به بما يفيد نزولهما وباقي الورثة عن الدفع بعدم السماع. خطأ في تطبيق القانون يوجب تمييزه. - الدفع بعدم سماع دعوى الزوجية:-
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٣٥/٢٠٠٥ عمالي جلسة ٧/٥/٢٠٠٧ مجلة القضاء والقانون س٣٥ ج٢ ص٣٧٣)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Pleadings — Part Two — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 818. PDF pages: 815.

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