Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 667

Impaired intellect is a defect affecting the mind that does not deprive a person of his understanding but merely diminishes it. Its effect. Diminished capacity. The rules governing the dispositions of a discerning minor apply to a person of impaired intellect. - Dispositions of a discerning minor. Valid if purely beneficial to him and void if purely detrimental to him. Its import. Granting him capacity to acquire benefits and denying him capacity to incur detriment. The determining factor is the nature of the contract itself, not the extent of its ultimate consequences. Its import. The rule is that a disposition emanates from a sound will. The absence thereof entails its nullity.