Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 3218

State of Kuwait · Civil Matters — Volume 11 · Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office

English translation of the principle

Interpretation of a contract. No particular phrase is considered in isolation from the other phrases. The reason thereof: the meaning conveyed by those phrases in their entirety must be adopted, as an interconnected whole, to ascertain their true intended meaning. An example concerning a car rental contract and its inclusion of insurance on the car without insurance on its passengers. - See also: The applicable law. Proof of the lease:
Arabic original
تفسير العقد. لا يعتد فيه بعبارة معينة بمعزل عن غيرها من العبارات. علة ذلك: أنه يجب الأخذ بما تفيده تلك العبارات بأكملها باعتبارها وحدة مترابطة للتعرف على حقيقة المقصود منها. مثال بشأن عقد إيجار سيارة وتضمنه التأمين عليها دون التأمين على ركابها. - وراجع: القانون الواجب التطبيق. إثبات الإيجار:
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ١٣٧٤/٢٠٠٦ تجاري جلسة ١/٦/٢٠٠٨ مجلة القضاء والقانون - س ٣٦ ج ٢ ص ٢٣٩)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Civil Matters — Volume 11 — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. PDF pages: 632.

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