Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 2025

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

English translation of the principle

The judge must seek the true intention of the contracting parties from the entirety of the facts of the contract and the circumstances of its conclusion, and not stop at the literal meaning of its phrases and words. What matters in a contract. Intentions and meanings, not words and forms.
Arabic original
وجوب بحث القاضي عن القصد الحقيقي للمتعاقدين من مجموع وقائع العقد وظروف إبرامه وعدم الوقوف على المعنى الحرفي لعباراته وألفاظه. العبرة في العقد. بالمقاصد والمعاني لا بالالفاظ والمباني.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٩٣٤/٢٠٠٨ تجاري جلسة ١٣/١/٢٠٠٩ مجلة القضاء والقانون - س ٣٧ ج ١ ص ٢٥٨)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Civil Matters — Volume 10 — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 379. PDF pages: 379.

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