Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 1292

State of Kuwait · Civil Matters — Volume 10 · Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office

English translation of the principle

An agent's conclusion of a contract in the principal's name. All consequences of the contract accrue to the principal. Its conclusion outside the limits of his agency. Its effects do not accrue to the principal unless he ratifies it expressly or implicitly. Ratification has retroactive effect.
Arabic original
إبرام الوكيل عقداً باسم الموكل. إنصراف كل ما يترتب على العقد إلى الموكل. إبرامه خارج حدود وكالته. آثاره لا تنصرف إلى الموكل ما لم يقره صراحة أو ضمناً. الإقرار يكون رجعي الأثر.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٢٨/٨٨ مدني جلسة ٢٧/٢/١٩٨٩ مج القسم الثاني - المجلد الثالث ص ٢١٤)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Civil Matters — Volume 10 — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 269. PDF pages: 269.

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