Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 3045

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

English translation of the principle

Abandonment necessitating that an action not be heard. Its definition in Islamic Sharia. - Non-hearing of an action. Its basis is to prohibit the judge from hearing it while the right remains with its holder; if he acknowledges it, it becomes binding upon him. The debtor's acknowledgment of the creditor's right. What is meant thereby. Its effect in interrupting limitation. No particular form is required for it. - Determining the significance of the document issued by the debtor in objecting to the debt and its effect in interrupting limitation, and inferring the existence or absence of acknowledgment of the debt. Within the trial court's authority, provided it is reasonable.
Arabic original
الترك الموجب لعدم سماع الدعوى. تعريفه في الشريعة الإسلامية. - عدم سماع الدعوى. مبناه منع القاضي من سماعها مع بقاء الحق لصاحبها فإذا أقربه لزمه. إقرار المدين بحق الدائن. المقصود به. أثره في قطع التقادم. لا يشترط له شكلاً خاصاً. - بيان دلالة الورقة الصادرة من المدين في الاعتراض بالدين وأثره في قطع التقادم واستخلاص توافر أو عدم توافر الإقرار بالدين. من سلطة محكمة الموضوع ما دام سائغاً.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٢١٨/٩٠ تجاري جلسة ٦/١/١٩٩٢ مج القسم الثالث - المجلد الثاني ص ٢٧٥)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Commercial and Labour — Volume 9 — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 519. PDF pages: 519.

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