Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 630

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

English translation of the principle

The presumption is that volition exists when any disposition is made unless the contrary is proved. - 141 - The Right - The state of insanity or mental infirmity becoming publicly known, or the court's appointment of a curator. A presumption that the disposition was concluded in a state of insanity or mental infirmity from the time of such public knowledge or appointment. The effect of this. The burden of proving that the disposition was concluded during a lucid interval shifts to the person asserting it.
Arabic original
الأصل هو توافر الإرادة عند إجراء أي تصرف ما لم يثبت العكس. - ١٤١ - الحق - اشتهار حالة الجنون أو العته أو تعيين المحكمة قيماً. افتراض قرينة بأن التصرف ابرم في حالة الجنون أو العته ومن وقت الاشتهار أو التعيين. أثر ذلك. انتقال عبء إثبات أن التصرف ابرم في حالة الإفاقة على من يدعيه.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ١٧/٩٠ مدني جلسة ٨/٣/١٩٩٣ مج القسم الثالث - المجلد الأول ص ٧٥١)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Civil Matters — Volume 10 — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 141. PDF pages: 141–142.

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