Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 626

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

English translation of the principle

The presumption is that volition exists when any disposition is made, unless the contrary is proved. - Notoriety of a state of insanity or mental deficiency, or the court's appointment of a curator. A presumption arises that the disposition was concluded in a state of insanity or mental deficiency, from the time of such notoriety or appointment. The effect of this. The burden of proving that the disposition was concluded during a lucid interval shifts to the person asserting it.
Arabic original
الأصل هو توافر الإرادة عند إجراء أي تصرف ما لم يثبت العكس. - اشتهار حالة الجنون أو العته أو تعيين المحكمة قيماً. افتراض قرينة بأن التصرف ابرم في حالة الجنون أو العته ومن وقت الاشتهار أو التعيين. اثر ذلك. انتقال عبء إثبات أن التصرف ابرم في حالة الإفاقة على من يدعيه.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ١٧/١٩٩٠ مدني جلسة ٨/٣/١٩٩٣ مج القسم الثالث المجلد الأول ص٧٥١)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Pleadings — Part Two — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 125. PDF pages: 122.

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