Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 1372

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

English translation of the principle

The presumption is that a person's disposition proceeds from a sound will. - A person being known for insanity or mental infirmity, or the court appointing a guardian for him. Its implication: the presumption that the disposition was made by him while in that state. The burden of proving that the disposition occurred during a lucid interval. Upon whoever alleges it. The rationale thereof.
Arabic original
الأصل صدور التصرف من الشخص عن إرادة سليمة. - اشتهار الشخص بالجنون أو العتَّه أو تعيين المحكمة قيماً عليه. مؤداه: افتراض أن التصرف قد صدر منه وهو في هذه الحالة. عبء إثبات أن التصرف تم في حالة الإفاقة. على من يدعيه. علة ذلك.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ١٤١٥/٢٠٠٧ تجاري جلسة ١٧/٢/٢٠٠٩ مجلة القضاء والقانون - س ٣٧ ج ١ ص ٢٠٦)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Civil Matters — Volume 10 — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 283. PDF pages: 283.

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