Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 677

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

English translation of the principle

For an agency to be valid, the principal must have capacity to perform the disposition for which he has appointed another as agent. Article 699, Civil Code.
Arabic original
الوكالة يلزم لصحتها أن يكون الموكل أهلاً لأداء التصرف الذي وكل فيه غيره. م ٦٩٩ مدني.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ١٩٣/٢٠٠٧ تجاري جلسة ٢٧/١٠/٢٠٠٨ مجلة القضاء والقانون- س ٣٦ ج٣ ص ٣٢٢)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Civil Matters — Volume 10 — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 151. PDF pages: 151.

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