Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 1451

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

English translation of the principle

Determining whether a contracting party was mistaken, fraudulently induced, or subjected to duress. Within the authority of the court of fact. - Fraudulent inducement is the stratagem directed at a contracting party with the intention of deceiving him and causing him to believe something contrary to reality, in order to induce him to accept the contract. The consequence thereof.
Arabic original
تقدير وقوع المتعاقد في الغلط أوالتدليس أو خضوعه لإكراه. من سلطة محكمة الموضوع. - التدليس هوالحيلة التي توجه إلى المتعاقد بقصد تغريره وجعله يعتقد أمراً يخالف الواقع بغية دفعه إلى ارتضاء العقد. مقتضى ذلك.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٢٧/٩٠ عمالي جلسة ٣/٢/١٩٩٢ مج القسم الثالث - المجلد الثالث ص ٢١٨)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Civil Matters — Volume 10 — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 295. PDF pages: 295.

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