Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 1951

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

English translation of the principle

The purpose of interpreting a contract consists in seeking the contracting parties’ common intention from the entirety of the facts of the contract and the circumstances of its conclusion, without stopping at the mere meanings of its words or expressions, while being guided by the nature of the transaction and prevailing customs, and the good faith and honourable dealing that ought to prevail between the contracting parties.
Arabic original
الغاية من تفسير العقد تتمثل في البحث عن النية المشتركة للمتعاقدين من مجموع وقائع العقد وظروف إبرامه دون الوقوف عند مجرد معاني ألفاظه أو عباراته مع الاستهداء بطبيعة التعامل والعادات الجارية. وما ينبغي أن يتوافر بين المتعاقدين من حسن نية وشرف التعامل.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٢١٤/٩٣ تجاري جلسة ٧/٦/١٩٩٤ مج القسم الثالث - المجلد الثالث ص ٢٣٨)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Civil Matters — Volume 10 — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 369. PDF pages: 369.

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