Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 143

State ownership of every immovable property having no owner. Article 878, Civil Code. Its application to land that no individual had previously owned before the date this law entered into force by any means of acquiring ownership, including possession. Proof that the property had previously been acquired by long acquisitive prescription before that date. It remains owned by the possessor. Failure of fifteen years of possession to have elapsed when the law entered into force. Its effect. The possessor may not rely on acquisition of ownership by prescription, even if he completes the period after its entry into force.