Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 96

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

English translation of the principle

An agent's contracting outside the limits of his agency or without any authorization at all. Its effect: the contract is not effective against the principal except upon his ratification or express or implied acknowledgment. - Treating silence as evidence of ratification of the act. Its condition. The principal's knowledge that the agent exceeded the limits of his agency.
Arabic original
تعاقد الوكيل خارج حدود وكالته أو دون توكيل أصلاً. أثره: عدم نفاذ العقد في حق الأصيل إلا بإجازته أو حصول إقرار منه صراحة أو ضمناً. - اعتبار السكوت دليلاً على إجازته التصرف. شرطه. علم الموكل بمجاوزة الوكيل حدود وكالته.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٤٥١/٢٠٠٠ إداري جلسة ٢٢/١٠/٢٠٠١ مج القسم الرابع المجلد السادس ص٧٨٤)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Pleadings — Part Three — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 21. PDF pages: 18.

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