Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 1327

An administrative decision. Its nature. It is that by which the administration expresses its binding will through the authority it possesses to produce a particular legal effect, whenever this is possible and legally permissible and is motivated by a public interest. - An administrative decision. What distinguishes it from the administration's acts. - Understanding acts or decisions issued by the administrative authority and giving them their true legal characterization. Within the authority of the court of merits. It is not bound in this by the descriptions the litigants attach to them. The rationale - 382 - Administrative therefor: the determining consideration in characterization is the substance and purpose of the act, not its wording and form.