Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 1481

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

English translation of the principle

Prodigality is squandering and dissipating property on what rational persons of religious observance do not regard as a proper purpose. The frivolity that afflicts - 299 - Obligation a person and leads him to act contrary to the dictates of reason and Sharia is among the criteria of prodigality. - Simple-mindedness is weakness of the restraining faculties of the mind that detracts from sound management and judgment and results, when present, in a person being disadvantaged in his transactions. - Assessment of evidence, drawing inferences, granting a request to conduct an investigation, and assessing the state of prodigality and simple-mindedness are within the authority of the court of merits. The condition thereof. Example concerning an application for interdiction.
Arabic original
السفه هو تبذير المال وإتلافه فيما لا يعده العقلاء من أهل الديانة غرضاً صحيحاً. الخفة التي تعتري - ٢٩٩ - التزام الإنسان فتحمله على العمل على خلاف مقتضى العقل والشرع هي من ضوابط السفه. - الغفلة هي ضعف الملكات الضابطة في النفس ترد عن حسن الإدارة والتقدير ويترتب على قيامها أن ُيغبن الشخص في معاملاته. - تقدير الأدلة واستخلاص القرائن والاستجابة لطلب إجراء تحقيق وتقدير حالة السفه والغفلة من سلطة محكمة الموضوع. شرط ذلك. مثال بشأن طلب توقيع حجر.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٣٩/٢٠٠٤ أحوال جلسة ١٩/١/٢٠٠٥ مج القسم الخامس - المجلد الثامن ص ٤٨٢)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Civil Matters — Volume 10 — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 299. PDF pages: 299–300.

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