Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 1279

The ruling of a judgment. It is the definitive determination of the action, wherever it appears, whether in the reasons or the operative part. - Inclusion in the reasons of the determination of the aspects of the dispute upon which the operative part is based. They are regarded as the reference for ascertaining what the judgment actually determined. - The binding authority of a judgment. Extends to what it expressly or implicitly adjudicated in its operative part or reasons. Example.