Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 3787

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

English translation of the principle

The condition of reciprocal treatment, or the principle of reciprocity, was adopted by the Kuwaiti legislature in enforcing a foreign judgment as a judgment for the appeal of a new action. Article 276 of the former Civil Procedure Law. Example of the failure to satisfy the principle of reciprocity. Interpretation of this principle is a question of law.
Arabic original
شرط المعاملة بالمثل أو مبدأ التبادل أخذ المشرع الكويتي به في تنفيذ الحكم الأجنبي باعتباره حكماً لاستئناف دعوى جديدة. م٢٧٦ مرافعات سابقة. مثال لعدم تحقق مبدأ التبادل. تفسير هذا المبدأ مسألة قانونية.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٥٠/١٩٧٩ تجاري جلسة ١٩/١٢/١٩٧٩ مج القسم الأول المجلد الأول ص٨٤٦)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Pleadings — Part Three — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 654. PDF pages: 651.

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