Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 9

The jurisdiction of the criminal court. Its limitation to the offences brought before it. Its jurisdiction to hear the ancillary civil action. An exception. Its basis: the connection between the two actions and the unity of their cause. Its condition: the civil action must be heard only as an ancillary action. - When the criminal court rules that it lacks jurisdiction over the ancillary civil action and when its acquittal constitutes a ruling dismissing the civil action even if dismissal is not stated in the operative part.