Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 3034

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

English translation of the principle

Acknowledgment of the debt. Its effect. Interruption of limitation and commencement of a new limitation period equal in duration to the first. Its conversion into a long limitation period if the acknowledgment is embodied in an instrument sufficient in itself to prove the right.
Arabic original
الإقرار بالدين. أثره. قطع التقادم وبدء سريان تقادم جديد تكون مدته مساوية للتقادم الأول. تحوله إلى تقادم طويل إذا أفرغ الإقرار في سند يكفي بذاته لإثبات الحق.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعنان ٩٥، ٩٦/٨٢ تجاري جلسة ١٦/٢/١٩٨٣ مج القسم الأول - المجلد الأول ص ٥٥١)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Commercial and Labour — Volume 9 — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 518. PDF pages: 518.

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