Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 2244

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

English translation of the principle

The criterion for admitting an application for interpretation of a judgment. Ambiguity or obscurity must have occurred in its operative part or in its grounds so closely connected with that operative part as to constitute an indivisible whole. When recourse to the court with an application for interpretation is precluded. Example.
Arabic original
المناط في قبول طلب تفسير الحكم. أن يكون قد وقع غموض أو إبهام في منطوقه أو أسبابه المرتبطة بهذا المنطوق ارتباطاً وثيقاً يكوّن وحدة لا تتجزأ. متى يمتنع الرجوع إلى المحكمة بطلب التفسير. مثال.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٤٨٣/١٩٩٨ تجاري جلسة ١٠/٥/١٩٩٩ مج القسم الرابع المجلد الرابع ص٢٨١)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Pleadings — Part Three — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 372. PDF pages: 369.

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