Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 2097

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

English translation of the principle

The requirement to register real property ownership actions concerning a real right over immovable property. Its importance: preserving the claimant's right upon judgment in the claimant's favour and annotation of that judgment in the margin of the registration of the statement of claim. Its effect. The judgment relates back to the day the statement of claim was registered and is binding, from the date of its occurrence, on those who acquired real rights over the property from the same transferor.
Arabic original
وجوب تسجيل دعاوى الملكية العقارية على حق عيني عقاري. أهمية ذلك: حفط حق رافعها عند الحكم له فيها والتأشير بهذا الحكم على هامش تسجيل الصحيفة. أثره. انسحاب الحكم إلى يوم تسجيل الصحيفة واعتباره حجة من تاريخ وقوعه على من ترتبت لهم حقوق عينية من نفس المتصرف على العقار.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ١٤١/٩٨ مدني جلسة ١٠/٥/١٩٩٩ مج القسم الرابع - المجلد الثالث ص ١٩٥)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Civil Matters — Volume 10 — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 390. PDF pages: 390.

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