Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 2744

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

English translation of the principle

The unauthorized intermeddler under the Majalla of Judicial Rules. His nature. A sale concluded by him is suspended and ineffective because a third party’s right attaches to it. Articles 111, 112 of the Majalla. - The unauthorized intermeddler has no authority under Sharia over the subject matter of the contract. Rescission of the contract. Its effect. The purchaser returns the thing sold if he has received it, and the seller returns the price without increase if he has received it. The reason for this. Contractual liability does not require an equivalent or the value, but requires restitution without regard to equivalence between the consideration and the thing for which it is given or the value of the thing for which it is given the judgment of rescission. Contract for sale of undivided shares:
Arabic original
الفضولي في مجلة الأحكام العدلية. ماهيته. البيع الذي يبرمه موقوف غير نافذ لتعلق حق الغير به. المادتان ١١١، ١١٢ من المجلة. - الفضولي ليس له ولاية شرعاً على محل العقد. فسخ العقد. أثره. رد المشترى المبيع إن كان قد تسلمه ورد البائع الثمن دون زيادة إن كان قد قبضه. علة ذلك. ضمان العقد لا يُوجب المثل أو القيمة بل يُوجب الرد دون نظر للمماثلة بين العوض والمعوض عنه أو قيمة المعوض عنه الحكم بالفسخ. عقد بيع حصص مشاعة:
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعون ٥١٧، ٥٤٧، ٥٥١، ٥٣٣، ٥٧٥/٢٠٠٤ مدني جلسة ٢/٥/٢٠٠٥ مج القسم الخامس - المجلد الثامن ص ٥٥٥)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Civil Matters — Volume 10 — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 507. PDF pages: 507.

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