Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 752

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

English translation of the principle

A cheque. An instrument of payment that takes the place of money in discharging a debt owed to the beneficiary by the drawer, the ordering party or the endorser. It is permissible to prove the contrary and that the cheque is an instrument evidencing a debt owed by the beneficiary. Its implication. Delivery of the cheque by way of lending to the person in whose favour it was drawn or to whom it was endorsed. Its necessary consequence. The person asserting this must establish it by the means prescribed by law. An example. Concerning delivery of a cheque on the basis that its value is a deposit with him
Arabic original
الشيك. آداء وفاء ويقوم مقام النقود في الوفاء بدين للمستفيد بذمة الساحب أو الآمر أو المظهر. جواز إثبات عكس ذلك وأن الشيك سند لدين ما بذمة المستفيد. مؤداه. تسليم الشيك على وجه المداينة لمن حرر لصالحه أو لمن ظهر إليه. لازمه. أن يثبت المدعى به ذلك بالطرق المقررة في القانون. مثال. بشأن تسليم شيك على أن تكون قيمته وديعة لديه
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٣٤/١٩٧٥ تجاري جلسة ٢٧/٤/١٩٧٧ مج ٧ س ص ١٨٥)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Commercial and Labour — Volume 9 — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 143. PDF pages: 143.

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