Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 2248

Duress that vitiates consent. Fear unlawfully instilled, under whose sway a person falls through the use of a means of pressure to attain an unlawful purpose. Article 156, Civil Code. - The defence that a blank cheque was lost and the opposing party found it, forged its particulars and falsely reported its drawer for the offence of issuing a cheque without funds in order to compel him to sign an acknowledgment of receipt of a debt - 392 - Commercial contrary to the truth, and his adducing circumstantial evidence thereof. The judgment's failure to address this defence and that circumstantial evidence. Deficiency.