Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 1002

State of Kuwait · Civil Matters — Volume 10 · Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office

English translation of the principle

The difference between an ownership action and a possessory action. Its nature. The former protects the right of ownership and the rights in rem derived from it, and examination therein concerns the basis and lawfulness of the right claimed, whereas the latter is intended to protect possession regardless of its basis and lawfulness. - Judgments rendered in possessory actions have no binding effect in an action claiming the right. The reason thereof. The difference in subject matter and cause. Its meaning. - 216 - The right
Arabic original
الاختلاف بين دعوى الملكية ودعوى الحيازة. ماهيته. أن الأولي تحمي حق الملكية وما يتفرع منه حقوق عينية ويتناول البحث فيها أساس الحق المدعى به ومشروعيته أما الثانية فالغرض منها حماية وضع اليد بغض النظر عن أساسه ومشرعيته. - الأحكام الصادرة في دعاوي الحيازة ليست حجة في دعوى المطالبة بالحق. علة ذلك. اختلاف الموضوع والسبب. مفاده. - ٢١٦ - الحق
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٢٢/٢٠٠٠ مدني جلسة ١٢/١٢/٢٠٠١ مج القسم الرابع - المجلد الرابع ص ١٠٤)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Civil Matters — Volume 10 — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 216. PDF pages: 216.

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