Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 4059

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

English translation of the principle

Identification of what is attached in a manner eliminating uncertainty. Its case. Where attachment is levied on specific property. Its implication. If attachment is not levied on particular property, identification of what is attached is not required. The rationale: in this case, attachment covers all sums owed to the attachment debtor by the garnishee and any debts subsequently arising against the latter until the time of the declaration of indebtedness. The judgment's departure from this. Renders it defective and requires its cassation.
Arabic original
تعيين المحجوز عليه تعييناً نافياً للجهالة. حالته. إذا كان الحجز موقعاً على مال معين. مؤدى ذلك. إذا لم يكن الحجز موقعاً على مال بعينه فإنه لا يلزم تعيين المحجوز عليه. علة ذلك: أن الحجز في هذه الحالة يتناول كل مستحقات المحجوز عليه في ذمة المحجوز لديه وما ينشأ في ذمة الأخير من ديون بعد ذلك إلى وقت التقرير بما في ذمته. مخالفة الحكم ذلك. يعيبه ويُوجب تمييزه.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٦٥٠/٢٠٠٤ تجاري جلسة ١/٢/٢٠٠٦ مج القسم الخامس المجلد السادس ص٢٨)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Pleadings — Part Three — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 709. PDF pages: 706.

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