Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 2142

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

English translation of the principle

The final contract, not the preliminary contract, is that by which relations between the parties become settled. It alone becomes the law of the contracting parties from the date of its conclusion. The final sale contract's omission of the condition requiring delivery of the property vacant by a specified time and of the financial penalty resulting from breach of this condition. Its import. The parties' agreement to amend the preliminary sale contract by dropping it. Its effect. This condition ceases to exist as of the date of registration of the sale contract. - 399 - Obligation
Arabic original
العقد النهائي دون العقد الابتدائي هو الذي تستقر به العلاقات بين الطرفين. صيرورته وحده قانون المتعاقدين من تاريخ إبرامه. خلو عقد البيع النهائي من شرط تسليم العقار خالياً في ميعاد معين ومن الجزاء المالي المترتب على الإخلال بهذا الشرط. مؤداه. اتفاق الطرفين على تعديل عقد البيع الابتدائي بإسقاطه. أثره. عدم قيام هذا الشرط اعتباراً من تاريخ تسجيل عقد البيع. - ٣٩٩ - التزام
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ١٣٤/٢٠٠٨ مدني جلسة ٢٢/١٢/٢٠٠٨ مجلة القضاء والقانون - س ٣٦ ج ٣ ص ٤٩٤)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Civil Matters — Volume 10 — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 399. PDF pages: 399–400.

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