Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 2238

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

English translation of the principle

An application for interpretation of a judgment. Its criterion. The presence of ambiguity or obscurity in its operative part. An example of an application for interpretation of a judgment containing neither uncertainty nor ambiguity. - The ruling of a judgment is not confined to what appears in the operative part alone. It includes what it determines in its reasons that is closely connected to the operative part and is subject to the same authority of res judicata as the operative part.
Arabic original
طلب تفسير الحكم. مناطه. وقوع غموض أو إبهام في منطوقه. مثال لطلب تفسير حكم لا لبس فيه ولا غموض. - قضاء الحكم ليس ما يرد في المنطوق وحده. شموله ما يقرره بأسبابه ويرتبط بالمنطوق ارتباطا وثيقا ويرد عليه ما يرد على المنطوق من حجية الأمر المقضي.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ١/١٩٩٤ تجاري جلسة ٣٠/٢/١٩٩٤ مج القسم الثالث المجلد الثاني ص٦٩٧)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Pleadings — Part Three — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 371. PDF pages: 368.

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