Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 1466

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

English translation of the principle

A litigant's raising a material defense before the court of merits, adducing the meaning of the document's wording as evidence. The necessity of scrutinizing it in light of what the document's wording conveys in its entirety. Failure to do so. Its effect. The judgment is rendered defective by an invalidating inadequacy of reasoning.
Arabic original
إثارة الخصم دفاعاً جوهرياً مستدلاً عليه بدلالة عبارات المستند لمحكمة الموضوع. وجوب تمحيصه على ضوء ما تفيده عبارات المستند بأكملها. مخالفة ذلك. أثره. صدور الحكم معيباً بالقصور المبطل.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٤/١٩٩٢ عمالي جلسة ٥/٤/١٩٩٣ مج القسم الثالث المجلد الثاني ص٦٧٠)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Pleadings — Part Three — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 230. PDF pages: 227.

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