Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 480

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

English translation of the principle

The decisive oath belongs to the litigant, not the judge. When it is tendered. Conditions for tendering it: it must be material to the outcome and not abusive. - The court of merits adjudicates the action within the limits of the claims presented, guided by the evidence and documents submitted therein and on the basis of what the litigants present. A litigant's failure to request that the decisive oath be tendered to his opponent. His complaint that he was not enabled to tender it. Has no basis.
Arabic original
اليمين الحاسمة ملك للخصم لا للقاضي. متى تُوجه. شروط توجيهها: أن تكون منتجة وغير تعسفية. - فصل محكمة الموضوع في الدعوى يكون في حدود الطلبات المعروضة على هدى الأدلة والمستندات المقدمة فيها ومن واقع ما يعرضه الخصوم. عدم طلب الخصم توجيه اليمين الحاسمة إلى خصمه. نعيه بعدم تمكينه من توجيهها. لا محل له.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٤٠/١٩٩٣ تجاري جلسة ٧/٢/١٩٩٤ مج القسم الثالث المجلد الثاني ص٦٣٢)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Pleadings — Part Three — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 94. PDF pages: 91.

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