Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 1152

Cause in contracting. It is the purpose sought by the contracting party in assuming his obligation. The purpose of contracting need not be stated in the debt instrument. The court may infer it from the facts of the action. - The impelling motive that drives a contracting party to contract. It is taken into account as regards cause. The condition for this: that the other contracting party knows it or ought to have known it. - Signing bills of exchange in blank without there being a loan for which they serve as security for the beneficiary’s right. Establishment that the motive for signing them, in light of the circumstances and context of their execution, was withdrawal of a case lodged against the female obligor under them and her strong desire not to incur criminal punishment. Its implication. They were signed without a debt and without cause. Its effect. Their nullity for absence of cause. - 247 - Obligation