Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 1836

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

English translation of the principle

Characterizing and interpreting contracts and giving them their correct legal description. Its criterion. The common intention to which the contracting parties' will was directed when concluding the agreement. Identifying that intention. Within the trial court's authority; it ascertains and deduces it from what it infers from the contract's wording and the circumstances and conditions of its conclusion. The condition thereof. That its inference be sound and not contradict what is established in the documents.
Arabic original
تكييف العقود وتفسيرها وإعطائها الوصف القانوني الصحيح. مناطه. القصد المشترك الذي انصرفت إليه نية العاقدين وقت إبرام الاتفاق. التعرف على هذا القصد. من سلطة محكمة الموضوع تستظهره وتستدل عليه مما تستخلصه من عبارات العقد وظروف انعقاده وملابساته. شرط ذلك. أن يكون استخلاصها سائغاً ولا يخالف الثابت بالأوراق.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ١٩/٢٠٠٩ مدني جلسة ٢١/٤/٢٠١٠ مجلة القضاء والقانون - ٣٨ ج ٢ ص ٢٦٩)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Civil Matters — Volume 10 — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 355. PDF pages: 355.

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