Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 1344

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 induces the contracting party to contract. It is taken into account in the cause. The condition thereof: that the other contracting party knows it or ought to have known it. - Signing bills of exchange in blank without the existence of a loan in respect of which they would secure the beneficiary’s right. Establishment that the motive for signing them, in light of the circumstances surrounding their execution, was the withdrawal of a case filed against the woman obligated under them and her intense 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.