Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 592

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

English translation of the principle

The plea of prescription. The court of the merits must examine its conditions. - The period prescribed for barring the hearing of an action by prescription under Article 449 of the Civil Code. Interrupted by the debtor's express or implied acknowledgment of the creditor's right. - Implied acknowledgment. Its nature. Its assessment falls within the authority of the court of the merits, without review by the Court of Cassation. The condition for this. - The debtor's request to the creditor for time to pay the debt, or his contesting the amount of the obligation rather than its existence. An acknowledgment of the creditor's right.
Arabic original
الدفع بالتقادم. يتعين على محكمة الموضوع بحث شرائطه. - المدة المقررة لعدم سماع الدعوى بالتقادم وفقاً للمادة ٤٤٩ مدني. انقطاعها بإقرار المدين بحق الدائن صراحة أو ضمناً. - الإقرار الضمني. ماهيته. تقديره من سلطة محكمة الموضوع دون رقابة عليها من محكمة التمييز. شرط ذلك. - طلب المدين من الدائن مهلة للوفاء بالدين أو معارضته في مقدار الالتزام لا في وجوده. إقرار بحق الدائن.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعنان ٦٧٨، ٦٨٣/٢٠٠١ إداري جلسة ٢٧/١٠/٢٠٠٣ مج القسم الخامس المجلد الثالث ص١١٠)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Pleadings — Part Two — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 118. PDF pages: 115.

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