Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 2323

State of Kuwait · Commercial and Labour — Volume 9 · Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office

English translation of the principle

Interpretation of contracts and disputed terms is within the authority of the trial court so long as it does not depart from their apparent meaning. Contravention of this vitiates the judgment. An example of a defective interpretation of an insurance policy contrary to the binding force of the criminal judgment that settled the issue of speed which was the subject of interpretation.
Arabic original
تفسير العقود والشروط المختلف عليها من سلطة محكمة الموضوع ما دام لا خروج فيها عن المعنى الظاهر لها. مخالفة ذلك يعيب الحكم. مثال لتفسير معيب لوثيقة تأمين بالمخالفة لحجية الحكم الجزائي الذي حسم مسألة السرعة محل التفسير.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٣٧٧/٩٦ تجاري جلسة ٨/٦/١٩٩٧ مج القسم الرابع - المجلد الخامس ص ٣٧٣) (والطعن ٢٦٧/٩٦ تجاري جلسة ٣٠/٦/١٩٩٧ مج القسم الرابع - المجلد الخامس ص ٣٧٣)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Commercial and Labour — Volume 9 — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 402. PDF pages: 402.

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