Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 3015

State of Kuwait · Commercial and Labour — Volume 9 · Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office

English translation of the principle

Limitation of negotiable instruments. Its basis in a presumption of payment of the debt. - The presumption of payment of the debt underlying limitation of negotiable instruments. Incomplete evidence. Its reinforcement by a supplementary oath sworn by the debt. This presumption's inconsistency with the debtor's defence. Its necessary consequence is rejection of the defence that the negotiable-instrument obligation has been extinguished by limitation. An example. - Suspension and interruption of limitation:- - Suspension of limitation:-
Arabic original
التقادم الصرفي. قيامه على قرينة الوفاء بالدين. - قرينة الوفاء بالدين التي يقوم عليها التقادم الصرفي. دليل غير كامل. تعزيزها بيمين متممة بحلفها الدين. تناقض هذه القرينة مع دفاع المدين. لازمة عدم قبول الدفع بانقضاء الالتزام الصيرفي بالتقادم. مثال. - وقف التقادم وانقطاعه:- - وقف التقادم:-
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٤٢/٩٥ تجاري جلسة ٧/١/١٩٩٦ مج القسم الثالث - المجلد الثاني ص ٢٧١)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Commercial and Labour — Volume 9 — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 515. PDF pages: 515.

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