Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 2275

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

English translation of the principle

A clerical error in a judgment does not affect its existence or deprive it of its identity. The court’s correction of it of its own motion or at a litigant’s request, and it cannot constitute a ground for appealing the judgment in cassation. An example of a clerical error in the date of the judgment.
Arabic original
الخطأ المادي في الحكم لا يؤثر على كيانه ولا يفقده ذاتيته. قيام المحكمة بتصحيحه من تلقاء نفسها أو بناء على طلب الخصم ولا يصلح سبباً للطعن عليه بالتمييز. مثال لخطأ مادي في تاريخ الحكم.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ١٥٢/١٩٩٨ أحوال شخصية جلسة ١٠/٤/١٩٩٩ مج القسم الرابع المجلد الرابع ص٢٧٧)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Pleadings — Part Three — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 377. PDF pages: 374.

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