Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 781

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

English translation of the principle

The negotiable-instrument obligation and the underlying obligation in commercial instruments. They have a single source. Defences arising from the underlying obligation pass, as between the debtor and his immediate creditor, to the negotiable-instrument obligation. The effect thereof. The debtor under commercial instruments, including a cheque, may invoke the same defences by which the underlying action is defended.
Arabic original
الالتزام الصرفي والالتزام الأصلي في الأوراق التجارية. مصدرهما واحد. أن الدفوع الناشية عن الالتزام الأصلي تنتقل فيما بين المدين ودائنه المباشر إلى الالتزام الصرفي. أثر ذلك. للمدين في الأوراق التجارية ومنها الشيك التمسك بذات الدفوع التي تدفع بها الدعوى الأصلية.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ١٢١/١٩٩٢ تجاري جلسة ٧/٣/١٩٩٣ مج القسم الثالث - المجلد الثالث ص ٥٧)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Commercial and Labour — Volume 9 — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 146. PDF pages: 146.

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