Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 3295

The cause of the obligation in a bilateral contract is the obligation of the other contracting party. - The general rules concerning reciprocal obligations in bilateral contracts entitle the person obliged to perform a specified act to withhold performance so long as the other contracting party has not performed his reciprocal obligations, or to seek termination. - A lease is a bilateral contract imposing upon the lessor an obligation to deliver the leased property in return for the obligation - 647 - Lease of the lessee to pay rent when due. An agreement to pay rent in advance entitles the lessor to retain the property or seek termination in the event of failure to pay on time.