Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 3623

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

English translation of the principle

The agent’s exceeding the limits of the agency and concluding a contract in the principal’s name. Its effect: the rights and obligations arising from the contract are not attributed to the principal except upon the principal’s ratification.
Arabic original
خروج الوكيل عن حدود الوكالة وإبرامه عقداً باسم الأصيل. أثره: عدم إضافة ما ينشأ عن العقد من حقوق والتزامات للأصيل إلا بإجازته.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعنان ٢٦٧، ٢٧١/٩٩ مدني جلسة ٨/١٠/٢٠٠١ مج القسم الرابع - المجلد السادس ص ٧٨٣)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Civil Matters — Volume 11 — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. PDF pages: 710.

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