Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 2028

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

English translation of the principle

The agent contracting with a third party in the principal's name and within the limits of the agency. Its effect. The contract is attributed to the principal as though made by him, so that he directly acquires the rights arising and bears the resulting obligations. - The apparent expressions of an instrument. It is impermissible to depart from them by interpreting them to ascertain the intention of its makers. The basis for that. An implication carries no weight against an express declaration. - Interpreting instruments to ascertain their intended meaning. A matter of fact. The condition for that. Example of a judgment's departure in its interpretation of an agency contract. - 379 - Obligation
Arabic original
تعاقد الوكيل مع الغير باسم الموكل وفي حدود الوكالة. أثره. انصرف العقد إلى الموكل وكأنه صدر منه ليكتسب مباشرة ما ينشأ من حقوق ويتحمل بما يترتب من التزامات. - عبارات المحرر الظاهرة. عدم جواز الانحراف عنها عن طريق تفسيرها للتعرف على إرادة محرريها. أساس ذلك. لا عبرة للدلالة في مقابل التصريح. - تفسير المحررات للتعرف على المقصود منها. موضوعي. شرط ذلك. مثال لخروج الحكم في تفسيره لعقد وكالة. - ٣٧٩ - التزام
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٢٠٢/٢٠٠٩ مدني جلسة ٢٩/٣/٢٠١٠ مجلة القضاء والقانون - س ٣٨ ج ١ ص ٤١٩)

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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