Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 590

State of Kuwait · Pleadings — Part Two · Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office

English translation of the principle

Copies of private instruments. The general rule is that they have no probative force except insofar as they point to the original or the person from whom they emanated acknowledges, expressly or implicitly, that they conform to the original.
Arabic original
صور الأوراق العرفية. الأصل ألاّ حجية لها في الإثبات إلا بمقدار ما تهدي به للأصل أو إقرار من صدرت عنه بمطابقتها للأصل سواء صراحة أو ضمناً.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٤٩٨/٢٠٠١ تجاري جلسة ٩/٢/٢٠٠٢ مج القسم الخامس المجلد الثالث ص١٠٩)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Pleadings — Part Two — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 118. PDF pages: 115.

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