Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 1484

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

English translation of the principle

Prodigality. Its nature: squandering and dissipating wealth; among its criteria is frivolity affecting a person, causing that person to act contrary to the dictates of reason and Sharia. - Heedlessness. Its nature: weakness of the faculties of self-restraint, affecting sound management and judgment and resulting in inequitable loss in transactions. - Assessment of the state of prodigality and heedlessness warranting interdiction. Within the authority of the court of merits. The condition for this. Fraud:
Arabic original
السفه. ماهيته: تبذير المال وإتلافه ومن ضوابطه خفة تعتري الإنسان فيعمل على خلاف مقتضى العقل والشرع. - الغفلة. ماهيتها: ضعف الملكات الضابطة في النفس وترد على حسن الإدارة والتقدير ويترتب عليها الغبن في المعاملات. - تقدير حالة السفه والغفلة التي تستوجب الحجر. من سلطة محكمة الموضوع. شرط ذلك. الغش:
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٢١٠/٢٠٠٩ أحوال شخصية جلسة ١١/٢/٢٠١٠ مجلة القضاء والقانون - س ٣٨ ج ١ ص ٣٢٨)

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

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