Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 3712

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

English translation of the principle

An agent's contracting without authority or beyond its limits. The transaction does not take effect against the principal unless he ratifies it. - The doctrine of apparent agency. Its meaning. Binding the agent by the act of his apparent agent. Conditions for its application.
Arabic original
تعاقد الوكيل دون وكالة أو خارج حدودها. عدم انصراف أثر التصرف في حق الأصيل ما لم يجزه. - نظرية الوكالة الظاهرة. مؤداها. إلزام الوكيل بعمل وكيله الظاهر. شروط إعمالها.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ١٣٢/٨٥ تجاري جلسة ٧/١/١٩٨٧ مج القسم الثاني - المجلد الثالث ص ١٠٥٠)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Civil Matters — Volume 11 — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. PDF pages: 729.

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