Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 1352

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

English translation of the principle

The court of the merits’ assessment of the evidentiary force of an admission. Its conditions: that its interpretation of the document containing it accord with what its expressions convey, without departing from their apparent meaning in its two sentences. The necessary implication of this. That the document be before it and that it set out the expressions leading to the result reached. - The judgment’s conclusion that an admission exists based on something having no basis in the papers. Vitiates it with unsound inference requiring its cassation. An example.
Arabic original
تقدير محكمة الموضوع لقوة الإقرار في الإثبات. شروطها: أن يكون تفسيرها للمحرر موضوعه متفقا مع ما تحمله عباراته وبلا خروج على المعنى الظاهر لها في جملتيها. لازم ذلك. أن يكون المحرر تحت بصرها وأن تورد العبارات المؤدية لما انتهى إليه من نتيجة. - خلوص الحكم إلى توافر الإقرار مما لا أصل له في الأوراق. يعيبه بالفساد في الاستدلال الموجب لتمييزه. مثال.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعون ٤٥، ٤٦، ٤٨/١٩٩٤ مدني جلسة ٢٠/٢/١٩٩٥ مج القسم الثالث المجلد الثاني ص٦٧٩)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Pleadings — Part Three — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 213. PDF pages: 210.

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