Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 3699

An acknowledgment as an act of disposition. Condition for its binding evidentiary force: its issuance by the acknowledging person personally or by someone authorised by him for that purpose under a special power of attorney or a general power of attorney expressly providing for such authorisation. - 726 - Agency - Inferring the existence or absence of the debtor’s acknowledgment of the debt. A question of fact. The trial judge independently determines it without review. Condition thereof. His judgment must be based on reasonable grounds capable of leading to the conclusion reached. Example concerning a reasonable inference of one heir’s acknowledgment of the debt and its binding evidentiary force against the remaining heirs.