Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 3672
State of Kuwait · Commercial and Labour — Volume 9 · Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office
English translation of the principle
A cheque is an instrument of payment and embodies its own cause. Its delivery to the beneficiary constitutes a legal presumption that its cause is payment. Proof that delivery of the cheque was security for performance of an obligation. Precludes relying upon it as evidence of payment of the debt. - A civil debt bears no interest:-
Arabic original
الشيك أداة وفاء وينطوي بذاته على سببه. تسليمه للمستفيد قرينة قانونيه على أن سببه هو الوفاء. ثبوت أن تسليم الشيك كان ضماناً لتفنيذ التزام. انتفاء الاستدلال به على أنه وفاء للدين. - الدين المدني لا فوائد عليه:-Original Arabic judgment citations
(الطعن ١٥٤/٩٣ تجاري جلسة ١/٢/١٩٩٤ مج القسم الثالث - المجلد الثاني ص ١٠٣٩)
Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Commercial and Labour — Volume 9 — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 620. PDF pages: 620.
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