Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 529

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

English translation of the principle

Payments entered in a current account. Lose their characteristics and individuality and merge into an indivisible whole. The reason is that, pursuant to the principle of the cohesion and indivisibility of the current account, they fuse in its crucible and mingle with one another, giving rise to a single debt, namely the balance debt - Effect thereof - The debt is not subject to the limitation period that governed it before its entry into the account, but is subject to the limitation period prescribed for the balance arising from the current account contract, namely limitation according to the general rules. A judgment contravening this. Vitiates it and requires its cassation.
Arabic original
المدفوعات التي تقيد في الحساب الجاري. تفقد خصائصها وذاتيتها وتندمج في كل لا يتجزأ. علة ذلك إنها إعمالاً لمبدأ تماسك الحساب الجاري وعدم تجزئته تنصهر في بوتقته وتمتزج ببعضها وينشأ عن هذا دين واحد هو دين الرصيد - أثر ذلك - عدم خضوع الدين للتقادم الذي كان يحكمه قبل دخوله الحساب وخضوعه للتقادم المقرر للرصيد الناشئ عن عقد الحساب الجاري وهو التقادم وفقاً للقواعد العامة. مخالفة الحكم ذلك. يعيبه ويوجب تمييزه.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٧٤٢/٢٠٠١ تجاري جلسة ٩/٦/٢٠٠٢ مج القسم الخامس - المجلد السادس ص ١١٨)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Commercial and Labour — Volume 9 — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 101. PDF pages: 101.

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